Willie McAteer, the former Finance Director of Anglo Irish Bank, arrives at the Circuit Criminal Court in Dublin where he faces charges of trying to inflate the share price of the now-defunct lender Anglo Irish Bank. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday February 5, 2014. Sean FitzPatrick, the former chairman and one-time chief executive, former finance director Willie McAteer and former chief financial officer Pat Whelan face a total of 16 charges. The three men are due before court 19 of the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin for a trial that is expected to last four months - one of the longest-running criminal trials in Irish history. Vast amounts of technical and financial evidence will be put before a jury of 12 people with case management hearings having been told there are 24 million documents and 800 witness statements. See PA story IRISH Anglo. Photo credit should read: Niall Carson/PA Wire
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%One of the biggest trials in Irish legal history begins today when three former bankers face charges of trying to inflate the share price of the now-defunct lender Anglo Irish Bank.
Sean FitzPatrick, the former chairman and one-time chief executive, former finance director Willie McAteer and former chief financial officer Pat Whelan face a total of 16 charges.
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