Ireland Crime

Reports that the DPP's asset confiscation application under the Criminal Justice Act 1994 was adjourned to March by Judge Martin Nolan, pending Lynn's appeal against sentence. Details the assets under investigation: €3m property in Portugal, €2.8m in three bank accounts, and a house in Brittas Bay owned by a company linked to Lynn.

Article reports that Lynn was granted legal aid for his appeal against conviction and sentence, and sets out the trial history and the sentence appeal grounds. No earlier matching case in the list.

Court of Appeal grants legal aid for Lynn's appeal against conviction and sentence, on the same terms as the trial court; the State may bring the matter back if his means change. Lynn intends to appeal both conviction and sentence, and a grounds of sentence appeal concerns how the sentence was constructed and the release date. Matter cannot be listed to fix dates until submissions are lodged.

Article covers a High Court judicial review by the convicted man over refusal to pay trial costs. It adds that he is serving a sentence and that the case returns to court next month.

Covers a confiscation application in the Lynn case: Portuguese property, bank accounts and a Wicklow house are under examination, and the matter was adjourned to 8 July. The article also gives background on Lynn's February sentence and convictions.

Adds the DPP's formal asset-investigation notice, the three bank accounts and house it says are linked to Lynn, a separate inquiry into €3 million in Portuguese-confiscated assets, and the adjournment to 8 July.

Adds the sentence details (5½ years, running from the jury verdict on 20 December), the court's reasoning, and the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau investigation: a search operation, a freezing order on over €2 million, and planned proceeds-of-crime applications. Also notes the planned appeal.

Reports the sentencing of Michael Lynn after a jury convicted him on 10 of 21 theft counts; the judge set the sentence, a confiscation application may follow, and an appeal has been lodged.

Article body is an empty page template; only the headline reports the jail sentence for the theft of over €18 million from financial institutions.

Reports the sentence handed down on 19 February 2024: 13 years less seven and a half years' credit for time served in Brazil, backdated to 20 December 2023. Adds that the judge ruled the total loss to the banks was probably about €13 million, that 11 counts were left unresolved, and that a confiscation application over Lynn's assets will be made, with a mention set for 16 April.

Sentencing, originally pending after the December conviction, has been adjourned to 19 February 2024 so that a psychological report can be prepared. The article adds the adjournment, the remand date and the defence's reason.

Feature on the full story of the trial. Reports the conviction on 10 of 21 counts, the jury's failure to agree on 11, and sentencing set for January 15th. Says Lynn was accused of theft of about €27 million from seven institutions, which differs from the €18m and six institutions in the conviction.

Reports the guilty verdict against Michael Lynn for stealing nearly €18 million from financial institutions. The article text is empty, so the only detail comes from the headline.

Reports the jury verdicts in the second trial: guilty on 10 of 21 theft counts, no agreement on 11 counts, remand in custody and sentencing set for 15 January.

Reports the jury verdict on 20 December 2023 in Lynn's second trial: guilty on 10 of 21 counts, with a sentence date set for 15 January 2024 and Lynn remanded in custody.

Adds the jury verdict on 10 of 21 counts, the jury deliberation time, the remand in custody to 15 January, and Lynn's four and a half years in a Brazilian prison before extradition. The article names seven financial institutions, while the existing case says six.

Covers the jury charge and the start of deliberations in the trial, which is on day 33. The alleged thefts took place between October 2006 and April 2007.

Reports the ongoing trial: the €27 million figure, seven institutions, the 21 counts and the 2006 to 2007 period. Adds evidence from solicitor Fiona McAleenan that she was never a partner, that she signed undertakings prepared by others, and that she denied sending a February 2007 email.

Adds trial evidence that Lynn was approved for two huge loans within a week. The article text is empty, so only the headline is available.

Trial report covering evidence from former Bank of Ireland manager Jim Madden, Ulster Bank legal division witness John Morgan and Irish Nationwide Building Society internal auditor Killian McMahon. Gives the accused's age and address, the 21 theft counts and their date range, and the prosecution case on multiple mortgages.

Reports bank witnesses from Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society giving evidence on 8 November 2023, with the defence suggesting negligence in lending. Reports the trial continues before Judge Nolan and the jury.

Reports evidence from the bank's former relationship manager Stephen McCarthy on the €3.65m loan application, and that the trial continues before Judge Martin Nolan and a jury.

Trial report covering evidence from former Irish Nationwide Building Society manager Mark Mulcahy and former National Irish Bank assistant manager Orla Deignan, including the cross-examination over the Glenlion House loan. The trial continues before a jury.

Reports the ongoing trial, including the defence's claim about a bank document, cross-examination of a former National Irish Bank manager, evidence that certain accounts and a statement of affairs were forgeries, and the names of the seven financial institutions. No existing case matches this trial.

Reports on the ongoing trial: the defence cross-examined a former National Irish Bank manager, accountant evidence described documents as forgeries, and a solicitor gave evidence about a delayed property sale.

Headline only: Michael Lynn in court accused of €27 million theft. The article body is empty, so no date, location, court or trial detail is given.

Reports the opening of the jury trial, which is expected to last eight weeks. Gives the amount as more than €27m across 21 charges and seven institutions, which differs from the €17.9m figure in the existing case. Names the accused's home as Millbrook Court, Red Cross, Co Wicklow, and states that he is 53.

Reports the opening of Lynn's trial. He pleaded not guilty to 21 counts, and the prosecution alleges over €27 million was stolen, a higher figure than the about €18 million in the existing case record.