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Jun 2021
12m 45s

Episode 6: The Mastermind

Bbc Radio Ulster
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<p>It was the biggest bank robbery in British and Irish history. Days before Christmas 2004, gangs of armed men take over the homes of two Northern Bank officials in Belfast and County Down. With family members held hostage, the officials are instructed to remove cash from the vaults of Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast city-centre and load it into the b ... Show More
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