Accused claimed gardaí ‘wanted him to nail Phil Flynn’

THE man accused of laundering over £3 million from the Northern Bank robbery claimed that the gardaí wanted him to “nail” Phil Flynn, the former chairman of Bank of Scotland (Ireland), and that if he didn’t they would turn his family into the McBreartys of Donegal.

These allegations were made by Ted Cunningham through his defence counsel, Ciaran O’Loughlin in his trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

It emerged during cross-examination and Mr O’Loughlin said Cunningham will say it in evidence later in the trial.