A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a Cork financial advisor accused of laundering money arising out of the notorious robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast in 2004.

THE son of convicted Ted Cunningham had confessed to gardaí the £3 million at his father’s house came from the Northern Bank robbery.

THE assistant manager of the Northern Bank cash centre in Belfast was threatened at gunpoint and forced to play a key part in the robbery of £26.5million on December 20, 2004.

The assistant manager of the Northern Bank cash centre in Belfast described today how a man posing as a policeman called to his house late at night telling him his sister had been killed before going on to threaten the banker at gunpoint to play a key part in the crime.

A jury was sworn in today for the trial of a Cork financial advisor and his son who are accused of laundering more than £3m (€3.33m) – arising out of the investigation of the 2004 Northern Bank robbery.