Anglo trial: Three former officials guilty of conspiring to conceal accounts

Allegations made in an anonymous phone call to the Director of Public Prosecutions led to a last-minute application to have the jury discharged in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank officials yesterday.

Aoife Maguire, Bernard Daly and Tiarnan O’Mahoney had denied all the counts, which dated back to 2003 and 2004, but were last night behind bars to await sentencing today.

Former company secretary Bernard Daly, 67, from Whitehall in Dublin 9, former chief operations officer Tiarnan O’Mahoney, 56, of Glen Pines, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow and 63-year-old Aoife Maguire of Rothe Abbey, South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 have been found guilty on all the charges against them.

They were remanded in custody until this afternoon’s sentencing hearing. The lender, which cost taxpayers 29.3 billion euros ($32 billion), was renamed Irish Bank Resolution Corp. and put into liquidation two years ago.

Shortly after 12.30pm the jury indicated they had reached a verdict.

Patrick Gageby (SC) for Ms Maguire said there was no suggestion that she profited from the transaction.

“This is not fair, this is not fair”, Maguire said to her lawyer, as he tried to console her. “It’s just not fair, it’s not right”.

Judge Pat McCartan asked the foreman before the verdicts were returned whether his wife knew one of the accused, Aoife Maguire.

Daly and O’Mahoney went on trial accused of furnishing a list of bank accounts which did not include the account of Mr FitzPatrick’s brother-in-law, John Peter O’Toole.

He continued that there was a connection between Mr Fitzpatrick and all the accounts.