Sergeant cross-examined over Corkman’s custody

THE prosecution closed its case yesterday on the 33rd day of the trial of a Cork man accused of money-laundering — as a garda sergeant was cross-examined on whether he heard the accused say he hadn’t slept for two nights while in custody four years ago.

Ted Cunningham, aged 60, of Woodbine Lodge, Farran, Co Cork, has pleaded not guilty to 20 charges of money-laundering arising out of the investigation of the robbery of £26.5 million sterling from the Northern Bank in Belfast on December 20, 2004.

Kieran Barry, now retired, was sergeant in charge at the Bridewell Garda station for part of the time that Cunningham was being questioned in February 2005.