Stealing her life

In 2004, Kathryn Nelson was a high-flying property advisor. But then the Northern Bank robbery occurred and she was wrongly implicated in money laundering. Caroline O’Doherty reports on her efforts to clear her name

THERE have been numerous laugh or cry moments in the two years since Kathryn Nelson won a lengthy battle to clear her name of involvement in what was at the time the biggest and most audacious bank robbery ever in Britain or Ireland.

One came just before last Christmas when she queried why the transfer of a sizeable sum of money had not yet made it into its designated savings scheme.