Family held hostage in £200,000 bank raid

A BANK employee’s partner was tied up and his baby held hostage before he was forced to steal £200,000 (€293,861) from a Belfast bank yesterday morning.

The man was awoken by three men at his home in Alliance Avenue, North Belfast, at 6.30am.

A hood was placed over his head and he was given a bag with which to remove money from the Ulster Bank in Carlisle Circus.