Northern Ireland's Attorney General has accused Bank of Scotland of "criminal fraud".

John Larkin QC made the comments in relation to the bank's treatment of some customers who fell behind on their mortgages. An earlier court hearing ruled the bank unfairly double-billed some customers whose mortgages were in arrears. Bank of Scotland rejected Mr Larkin's claims, saying it strongly takes issue with the allegations. The bank had appealed the verdict of the earlier court hearing but dropped that appeal on Monday morning.

'Extraordinary'
Mr Larkin was in court for the hearing and said the original, scathing judgement was "unduly tender" on the bank. He told the court that there was evidence of "criminal fraud under the 2006 Act" and that the matter has now been drawn to the attention of the police. Mr Larkin acknowledged that it was extraordinary for him to intervene in matters of "private law" between a bank and its customers.....Read more here