Struck off solicitor Thomas Byrne has been jailed for 12 years for defrauding clients and stealing 52 million euro from the banks.
The 47 year old with an address at Mountjoy Square, Dublin, gave no visible reaction to the sentence before being led away from court.
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Judge Patrick McCartan said the scale of wrongdoing was colossal particularly because the father of three is a solicitor.
The court heard Thomas Byrne forged documents transferring his clients’ properties into his name and then used the properties as collateral on bank loans.
