Bank heist led to dismantling of IRA structure

All the reaction to Chris Ward's acquittal for the Northern Bank robbery has centred on two matters: first, on whether he should ever have been prosecuted - no, because if his defence could find out that the rota for the weekend had been shown around and pinned on the back of a door for all to see, so could the police and therefore any prosecution would fail.

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