Enlarged jury sworn in for bankers’ trial
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Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday completed jury selection for the trial of four prominent bank officials whose case will be heard by an enlarged 15-member jury.
More than 270 prospective jurors answered their summons by appearing at the court last Friday, but too many were ruled out for the trial, causing the jury selection process to continue into yesterday.
Eight men and seven women have now been selected and sworn in, completing the empanelling for what is expected to be a five-month trial.
The jurors were told to return to court next Monday and advised they were not likely to hear evidence until the week after next.
The defendants in the case are former Anglo Irish Bank (AIB) executive William McAteer as well as three other bank chiefs at AIB and Irish Life and Permanent (IL&P).
The four defendants have pleaded not guilty to conspiring together and with others to make the bank appear more valuable between 1 March-30 September 2008.
They are accused of misleading investors to make the bank appear that it was more valuable than it actually was to the tune of €7.2 billion.
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