Accused bank robber James Miller is $5,000 richer after a judge ordered that money seized from him shortly after a heist at the Bank of The Bahamas in 2003 be given back.Presiding judge Roy Jones made the order yesterday for the return of the funds after directing a jury to acquit Miller and his three co-accused of the charges at the close of the prosecution's case.

Prosecutors alleged that Miller, Dwayne Henderson, Sean Lightbourne and Jamal Armbrister were responsible for the holdup at the East Bay Street branch of the bank shortly before it opened on January 27, 2003.

The culprits made off with $25,000 after they ordered two tellers to hand over the money at gunpoint. The men were accused of the armed robbery and conspiracy to commit the crime.

Miller alone was accused of receiving $5,380 that formed part of the stolen money. Police alleged that they saw Miller jettisoning the money from his pockets while in the Sea Breeze Canal.

However, Justice Jones agreed with a no case to answer submission made by defense lawyer Murrio Ducille, who represented Henderson and Lightbourne.

Candice McPhee, for Miller, and Perry Albury, for Armbrister, adopted Ducille's arguments that the prosecution did not present sufficient evidence to support its case.

Henderson and Lightbourne were on bail during the trial. However, Armbrister and Miller remain in custody on other charges.

Kristan Forbes and Aaron Johnson prosecuted.

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