Former Sinn Féin MLA Daithi McKay. Picture by Cliff Donaldson.
11 May, 2021 01:00
Jamie Bryson
A former Sinn Féin MLA accused of conspiring in a bid to subvert a Stormont inquiry into a billion pound property deal has secured legal permission to challenge his ongoing prosecution.
Daithi McKay was granted leave at the High Court to seek a judicial review aimed at halting criminal proceedings against him.
Mr McKay (38) faces a charge of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office on dates between September 1-24 2015.
Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson (31) and Sinn Féin party member Thomas O'Hara (36) are accused of the same offence.