Convicted fraudster asks court to investigate trial juror over ‘risk of bias’

Archive photo of Gillian Balban leaving court a day before she was convicted at the end of a 10 week fraud trial. Photo by Johnny Bugeja.

25th September 2025

Lawyers for convicted fraudster Gillian Balban have asked the Court of Appeal to investigate a juror over concerns he knew a witness in the trial, adding the outcome could bring into question the trial’s fairness. Balban, a former Royal Bank of Scotland International bank manager, was convicted last year for false accounting and fraud. After...