Who Stole The Money

It's been nearly four years since the Northern Bank in Belfast was robbed.

Four years on, and who did it? The authorities claimed from the start that it was the IRA, masters of the art of the tiger robbery, who took 26.5 million pounds to pension off their soldiers prior to decommissioning their arms.

Four years on, and little of the money ever turned up, beyond a few thousand pounds here and there in Cork and Dublin, in the possession of known money launderers.

Four years on, and Chris Ward, the only man accused of the crime, has walked out of court a free man.

The police decided that it had to have been an inside job and Mr. Ward was the man inside. They presented some circumstantial evidence relating to work schedules and who was on duty when the crime went down. The circumstantial evidence proved to be no evidence at all.

No one stands accused. No one knows who did it. 26.5 million pounds, vanished into thin air. And the PSNI has no evidence to present against anyone.