February 2022: Document after document on big screens in court. Bank official after bank official in the witness box.  Some 15 years after the alleged crimes and following a lengthy extradition process from Brazil, a High Court application to delay proceedings, four years of pre-trial legal argument and five defence teams, the multi-million euro theft trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn was finally underway in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. And extremely monotonous it was too.  Loan applications, solicitor undertakings, bank statements, building society statements, statements of affairs, tax clearance certificates, property valuations, credit reviews, case summaries, direct debit mandates, letters…

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