Jury out in Anglo fraud trial

The jury in a fraud trial of three banking executives for a €625m loans-for-shares deal at the defunct Anglo Irish Bank have been told to leave behind prejudices about the lender when deliberating.

Sean FitzPatrick, 65, from Greystones, Co Wicklow, Pat Whelan, 51, of Malahide, Co Dublin, and William McAteer, 63, of Rathgar, Dublin, all pleaded not guilty to providing unlawful financial assistance to a handpicked group of long-standing Anglo clients in July 2008 to buy shares.