Belfast bank robbery will go down in history as one of the biggest raids

THE plundering of almost €30m from the headquarters of the Northern Bank in Belfast will go down as one of the biggest heists in history, joining the Brinks Mat and Great Train Robbery in the annals of record-breaking crimes.

In August 1963 the Great Train Robbers’ haul was £2,631,784 in bank notes - worth about €57.7m today.

The money was on a train en route from Glasgow to London when it was ambushed.