Ted Cunningham, the only man jailed over £26.5m Northern Bank robbery, wins five-figure sum over ‘barbaric’ prison conditions

Cunningham, who maintains his innocence, receives ‘significant’ compensation

Only man jailed over £26.5m Northern Bank robbery wins five-figure sum from prison authorities

The only man jailed over the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery has received a five-figure sum in compensation for the alleged “inhumane” jail conditions he endured.

Ted Cunningham was convicted and jailed for 10 years in 2009 for money-laundering offences linked to the 2004 bank raid in Belfast, for which the Provisional IRA was blamed.