Jamie Bryson preparing legal challenge to facing trial without jury in Nama probe case Jamie Bryson. Picture by Pacemaker. 24 May, 2021 15:58
A LOYALIST activist accused of conspiring to subvert a Stormont inquiry into a billion pound property deal is preparing a legal challenge to facing trial without jury.
Lawyers for Jamie Bryson have taken preliminary steps in a potential High Court case against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Northern Ireland.
The 31-year-old denies a charge of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office on dates between September 1-24, 2015.
Former Sinn Féin MLA Daithi McKay and party member Thomas O Hara are accused of the same offence.
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Former attorney general John Larkin
The defendants are already seeking to judicially review the decision to have them returned for Crown Court trial - where Mr Bryson will be representing himself.
But now he has initiated a second possible challenge to the legality of the decision to issue a certificate for a non-jury trial.
Pre-Action Protocol correspondence has been sent to the Public Prosecution Service in Belfast, alleging that the DPP has misdirected himself and asking for the certificate to be rescinded.
Mr Bryson, who has enlisted former Attorney General John Larkin QC for the civil cases, said: “It appears to me that the Director has misdirected himself in applying the criteria for a non-jury trial and has significantly failed to consider the relevant circumstances within the appropriate context.
Nama linked court case adjourned for second time Jamie Bryson appeared at today s brief hearing via a videolink 13 May, 2021 16:24
Former Sinn Féin MLA Daithi McKay
A COURT case involving Stormont and the Nama property deal has been adjourned for a second time after it emerged leave has been granted to challenge the prosecution.
Three defendants in the high-profile case - loyalist activist Jamie Bryson (31), former Sinn Féin MLA Daithi McKay (39) and party member Thomas O Hara (37) - have each been charged with an offence of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office between September 1 and 24, 2015.
The charge is linked to a Stormont committee probe into the billion-pound sale of the National Asset Management Agency s (Nama) property portfolio in Northern Ireland.
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.
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