Trial of ex-Anglo chairman Sean FitzPatrick set for September

The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick on charges of misleading the bank's auditors will begin in September.

Mr FitzPatrick (66) of Whitshed Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow has pleaded not guilty to 27 offences under the 1990 Companies Act. These include 21 charges of making a misleading, false or deceptive statement to auditors and six charges of furnishing false information in the years 2002 to 2007.

The trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court is due to take twelve weeks and will require a specially enlarged jury of 15 members.

On Monday Judge John Aylmer set a date of September 21st for a jury to be sworn in. The court heard the jury swearing will take a full day.

After this there will be two days of legal issues to be dealt with in the absence of the jury. The trial will begin in evidence on the following Monday, September 26th.