Saturation media coverage of bank robbery recalled

THE saturation media coverage of the Northern Bank robbery in December 2004, in the Republic of Ireland was described yesterday in the trial of a father and son accused of laundering more than £3 million from that robbery.

Timothy (Ted) Cunningham, 60, of Woodbine Lodge, Farran, Co Cork, denies a total of 20 charges of money-laundering arising out of the robbery of £26.5m sterling from the Northern Bank in Belfast on December 20, 2004.

His son, Timothy John Cunningham, 33, of Church View, Farran, Co Cork, denies four similar charges.