LOYALIST activist Jamie Bryson has failed in a bid to have a senior judge step aside from hearing a challenge to his ongoing prosecution in connection with a billion pound property deal.

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.

The PPS decisions come after a long investigation by the National Crime Agency into the 2014 sale to US investment fund Cerberus.

A loyalist activist is calling a DUP politician as a defence witnesses in his bid to halt a prosecution prompted by a complaint by another senior party figure.

FORMER Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay, party member Thomas O'Hara and loyalist Jamie Bryson are expected to appear in court today for the start of a criminal trial linked to a Stormont committee hearing.

A FILE with the names of eight fraud suspects linked to the sale of Nama's northern debt portfolio has been sent to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS).