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Unionists want sanctions after GBP50,000 from bank robbery is found at police club.
(From Belfast Telegraph)
Unionists were last night clamouring for sanctions against Sinn Fein after it was confirmed that GBP50,000 found in a police sports complex in Belfast had come from the GBP26.5m stolen in the Northern Bank robbery.
DUP Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson demanded that the Northern Secretary, Paul Murphy, take parliamentary allowances, worth GBP500,000, away from Sinn Fein MPs Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Michelle Gildernew, as "punishment".
The North's police chief Hugh Orde was dismissive of republicans, saying he was not "impressed" after the money was found in Newforge Country Club in south Belfast, used mainly by police officers, following a tip-off to the Police Ombudsman's Office by a man claiming to be a police officer.
The money was found shrink-wrapped in five GBP10,000 lots hidden in the toilets of the club.
"I'm not impressed by it, but I did ask them [the IRA] to give the moneyback, they have started to listen," said Mr Orde.
He said he was convinced the money had been planted by the IRA to distract attention from the ...
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