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Closing speeches will be made today in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank officials

Closing speeches will be made today in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank officials accus...
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07.45 24 Jul 2015


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Closing speeches will be made...

Closing speeches will be made today in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank officials

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07.45 24 Jul 2015


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Closing speeches will be made today in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank officials accused of hiding accounts from Revenue.

After 22 days of prosecution evidence from former Anglo staff, gardaí and revenue officials, the jury is expected to begin deliberations next Tuesday.

The defence have declined to call any witnesses.

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Judge Patrick McCartan yesterday told the jury of six men and six women that all the evidence has been heard in the case and that it will now be addressed by barristers for the prosecution and defence.

He will address the jury before sending them out to deliberate

Former assistant manager Aoife Maguire (62) of Rothe Abbey, South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, Former Chief Operations Officer Tiarnan O'Mahoney (56) of Glen Pines, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow and former company secretary Bernard Daly (67) of Collins Avenue West, Whitehall, Dublin have pleaded not guilty to seven counts at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court .

It is alleged that they hid or omitted accounts, connected to former chairman Sean FitzPatrick from Anglo's Core Banking System or from documentation provided to Revenue, who were conducting an investigation into bogus non-resident accounts which may have been liable for Deposit Interest Retention Tax.


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