Manager forced to play part under threat

THE assistant manager of the Northern Bank cash centre in Belfast was threatened at gunpoint and forced to play a key part in the robbery of £26.5million on December 20, 2004.

Kevin McMullan was the assistant manager and keyholder of the cash centre at Donegall Square West, Belfast, in December 2004.

“I was at home on the night of December 19, 2004, with my wife, Karen. A car came into the driveway of the house late in the evening. A man dressed as a police officer knocked at the door and asked me to confirm that I was Kevin McMullan.