Judge adjourns to July bid to put questions to former solicitor who is serving five-and-a-half years for theft from banks
Michael Lynn
Former solicitor and property developer Michael Lynn was sentenced to five and a half years in February 2024. He was convicted in December 2023 of 10 counts of stealing around €17.9m from six financial institutions 16 years ago.
Former solicitor seeking appeal against conviction for stealing more than €18m from financial institutions
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Journalist Siobhan Long faced a stressful period in 2007 when Lynn, then a solicitor amassing a sizeable property portfolio, briefly ran out of finance trying to buy her home
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