A good day for the justice system
That is the only conclusion that can be reached from what the judge in Fitzpatrick’s trial described as a “biased and partisan approach” to the investigation of the former banker. On Wednesday, Judge John Aylmer instructed the jury in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to find Fitzpatrick not guilty of 27 charges related to breaches of company law. The judge said the prosecution case was too dangerously flawed to allow the evidence go before the jury.
Fitzpatrick walked from the court to a cacophony of anger. For many, he was the chief culprit in the economic collapse that led to a deep recession, out of which the country has emerged with a whole new set of serious social ills.
