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IRA bomb victims' civil court case begins against Gerry Adams
Three bombing victims sue Gerry Adams personally, seeking £1 in damages for alleged IRA leadership roles in attacks that injured over 100 people, trial expected to last seven days.
- On Monday, a civil trial opens at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where three men injured in IRA bombings sue Gerry Adams, former president of Sinn Féin, for £1 in nominal damages.
- Prompted by legacy legislation, the action began in 2022 and the three claimants crowdfunded nearly £110,000 to fund the case.
- Evidence will be presented in a non-jury civil trial decided on the balance of probabilities, hearing testimony from up to 14 witnesses including anonymous witnesses, former British Army and police witnesses, and former IRA members.
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Northern Ireland’s Gerry Adams, 77, in UK court for trial over IRA bombings
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams appeared at London’s High Court on Monday for a civil lawsuit which aims to hold him liable for Irish Republican Army bombings in Britain, a case which could affect the prominent republican leader’s legacy. Adams became Sinn Féin leader in 1983 when it was the IRA’s political wing, establishing himself as the face of the movement seeking to end British rule in Northern Ireland. He later reinvented himself …
·Hong Kong
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The three complainants were injured in attacks in England, which killed three people between the 1970s and 1990s during the so-called "Troubles" period in Northern Ireland.
·Paris, France
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The Independent (US)Gerry Adams was ‘as culpable as those who detonated the bombs’, High Court told
Adams has always denied being a member of the Provisional IRA
·London, United Kingdom
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