Bail refused for former Anglo director Bernard Daly
A former Anglo Irish Bank official has been refused bail pending an appeal in the new year.
Bernard Daly of Collins Avenue West, Whitehall in Dublin was jailed in July for conspiring to hide accounts linked to former chairman Sean FitzPatrick.
Mr Daly is serving a two-year sentence for giving Revenue false information and conspiring to delete accounts from the former bank’s internal system.
He was convicted at the end of July following a 35-day trial.
The 67-year-old, who used to work as Anglo’s company secretary, is appealing that conviction, and applied to the Court of Appeal for bail pending the hearing.
His lawyers argued he has a strong chance of success, claiming his trial was unfair from start to finish.
They believe the judge failed to give an adequate “accomplice warning” when addressing the jury in relation to evidence given by a former head of compliance at the bank.
They said the judge never told them it was “dangerous” to convict on the basis of “uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice”.
However, the three-judge panel dismissed their application today, ruling the threshold to grant bail hadn’t been reached by Mr. Daly.
A full appeal hearing has been pencilled in for January.
