Controversial claims about Peter Robinson by the loyalist activist Jamie Bryson at a Stormont committee 10 years ago were replayed in court today.
At the time, Mr Robinson was First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
He described the allegations made in 2015 by Mr Bryson, about a so-called Nama property deal, as “scurrilous and unfounded” without “one iota of evidence”.
Mr Bryson, 35, from Rosepark, Donaghadee, is on trial at Belfast Crown Court where he denies a charge of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, related to the Finance Committee meeting a decade ago.
Video footage of the hearing, which took place in September 2015, was played in court on day three of the trial.
The court was shown Mr Bryson’s 47-minute appearance at the committee. He spoke about how Northern Ireland property loans were handled by the National Asset Management Agency, known as Nama.
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