Lawyers for a former Anglo executive on trial on allegations of defrauding Revenue have compared Sean Fitzpatrick to the captain of the stricken Costa Concordia ferry.
62-year-old Aoife Maguire of is one of three people accused of trying to hide accounts connected to Mr FitzPatrick.
She denies all charges – and a verdict is expected later this week.
Senior Counsel Brendan Grehan told the court that former Anglo boss Sean Fitzpatrick was able to remain in the shadows – while Aoife Maguire – who he described as a ‘gopher’ at Anglo was left facing these allegations.
He told the court that she was a ‘messenger’ – and that the prosecution’s claims she was ‘the driving force’ were laughable.
She – alongside Tiaran O’Mahoney and Brendan Daly – deny all charges of trying to hide accounts from Revenue.
Earlier, lawyers for Mr Daly told the court that the prosecution had misled the jury – and was spinning the evidence.
The jury will consider its verdict this week.
