"I'm satisfied at this stage of the investigation that we will show that the money recovered during Operation Phoenix is part of the takings from the robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast." Asked did he believe the link had now been made, he replied: "I am satisfied, yes." He said comments - made by Sinn Féin - that there was no evidence or definitive proof of a link were wrong. "I think if somebody is saying that they are very much mistaken," he said.