DNA links builder to bank raid, court told

BUILDER Dominic McEvoy was charged with the £26.5 million (€39.2m) Northern Bank heist in Belfast after his DNA was allegedly found on a hat at the home of hostages, a magistrates’ court heard yesterday.

McEvoy, 23, accused of the biggest cash robbery in Irish history, also denied being a member of the Provisional IRA when he was questioned by detectives,.

As well as the robbery, he was charged with possession of a gun or imitation firearm and the false imprisonment of bank official Kevin McMullan and his wife Karen as part of the raid last December.