Nama Trial ends: What's next for Jamie Bryson and Daithí Mckay?
The charges relate to controversy following the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio.
Nama, the so-called bad bank created by the Irish government to deal with the toxic loans of bailed-out lenders during the economic crash, sold its 800 Northern Ireland-linked properties to investment fund Cerberus for £1.2 billion.
Jamie Bryson made headlines in 2015 when he used privilege in a finance committee meeting to claim that then first Minister Peter Robinson was benefiting from the sale of the portfolio.
Robinson said the claim was 'without one iota' of evidence.
Judge Gordon Kerr KC said he was satisfied that Mr Bryson, who has ambitions of pursuing a career as a barrister, had lied under oath in the trial – allegations he strongly denies.
How did the trial unfold and what's next for the Nama story?
Olivia Peden is joined by Belfast Telegraph Journalist Liam Tunney, who has followed the trial extensively.
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