Digger used to rob ATM containing €124,000 in Sligo

A man has been convicted of using a digger to smash a bank wall and steal an ATM which contained over €124,000.

A jury at Sligo Circuit Court took less than an hour to convict Bernard Quigley, aged 43, with an address at Branchfield, Drumfin, Co Sligo, who had denied three charges in connection with the incident.

During his trial the jury heard that a Komatsu digger was used to rip the ATM safe out of the wall of the Bank of Ireland at Teeling St, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, in the early hours of January 29, 2014.