Case over ATM withdrawals dismissed

A judge has dismissed the case against a man accused of stealing money from a cash machine because he said the State had failed to prove the bank existed.

Judge Patrick McCartan also said the prosecution had failed to prove Ulster Bank did not consent to multiple withdrawals of €13,600.

Sheshi Kota, aged 40, withdrew the cash on June 12, 2012, when the bank was experiencing a computer systems fault that allowed customers of the bank to withdraw an unlimited amount of money without restriction without any reduction in their account balance.