Cunningham trial jury set to retire

THE trial of Ted Cunningham on charges of money-laundering cash from the Northern Bank robbery is coming to an end and the jury will retire later today to consider their verdict.

The trial goes into its 44th day today at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where Cunningham, 60, of Woodbine Lodge, Farran, Co Cork, denies 10 charges of money-laundering arising out of the investigation of the robbery of £26.5million (€28.3m) from the Northern Bank in Belfast on December 20, 2004.

Judge Cornelius Murphy spent much of the last two days addressing the seven men and five women of the jury on legal issues they need to bear in mind.