Sean FitzPatrick compared to 'the man on the grassy knoll' at Anglo trial

One of the most extraordinary features of the prosecution of three Anglo Irish Bank officials accused of defrauding Revenue is that former chairman Sean FitzPatrick is not on trial instead, a jury has been told.

Brendan Grehan SC, defending former chief operations officer Tiarnan O’Mahoney, said in his closing speech that it was Mr FitzPatrick who stood to benefit from the accounts being concealed and no one else.