The legal team representing Jamie Bryson has been provided with statements from DUP MLAs which has prompted a call to review a prosecution against him, a court heard today .
He was charged that on dates between September 1 and 24, 2015, 'he conspired together to commit an offence of misconduct in a public office in respect of a public office holder, namely Daithi McKay, who without reasonable excuse or justification wilfully misconducted himself to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public's trust, by the manipulation of the presentation of evidence before the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Finance and Personnel.
He also denied a second charge that on September 23, 2015 'being a public office holder, wilfully misconducted yourself to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the trust of the public in that, having directed the witness Jamie Bryson in relation to the hearing of the Committee for Finance and Personnel held on 23rd September 2015, you presided as Chair of the Committee during that hearing and deliberately caused the committee to be misled as to the circumstances in which Jamie Bryson...
After Bryson was arraigned and entered a 'not guilty' plea today, his barrister Joseph O'Keeffe addressed Judge Donna McColgan KC.