Son confessed to gardaí in February

THE son of convicted Ted Cunningham had confessed to gardaí the £3 million at his father’s house came from the Northern Bank robbery.

Timothy John Cunningham’s admission came on February 5, a fortnight into the money-laundering trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

He had pleaded not guilty to the charge on January 14 when the jury was sworn in to hear the trial. However, he had a change of view during the trial and asked to be re-arraigned.