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.

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.

A court case linked to a Stormont committee hearing into the scandal-hit Nama property deal has been adjourned by the Belfast Recorder.

FORMER Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay, party member Thomas O'Hara and loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson are contesting a charge of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.

A LOYALIST blogger accused of conspiring to subvert a Stormont inquiry into a billion pound property deal is set to cross-examine the detective who headed the investigation, it has emerged.

A loyalist blogger accused of plotting to subvert a Stormont inquiry into a billion pound property deal intends to call nine witnesses at his legal bid to have the case thrown out, he told a court.

A LOYALIST activist accused of plotting to subvert a Stormont inquiry into a billion pound property deal is pressing ahead with a legal bid to have the case thrown out, he confirmed yesterday.

:: What is Nama and Project Eagle? Nama, or the National Asset Management Agency, is the Republic's state assets agency created in 2009 in the wake of the financial crash.