Accused ‘did not sleep’ on night of arrest

THE man accused of laundering more then £3 million which was robbed from the Northern Bank in Belfast did not sleep in the Bridewell Garda Station, according to his lawyer, who claimed that the place was noisy with drunken prisoners and the bed was “not of a great calibre”.

Ted Cunningham, of Woodbine Lodge, Farran, Co Cork , denies 20 charges of money-laundering arising out of the investigation of the Northern Bank robbery in Belfast in December 2004.

The accused was arrested and questioned at the Bridewell Garda Station in Cork in February 2005 following a search at his home.