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A High Court jury in Dublin ruled in favor of Gerry Adams, awarding him €100,000 in damages after seven hours of deliberation, in a case brought against the BBC for alleging he sanctioned the 2006 murder of an informer. However, the lawyer leading the London case, Matthew Jury, stated
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Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has secured a significant victory in his libel case against the BBC over allegations that he sanctioned the killing of an informant. A jury at Ireland's High Court found that the BBC had not acted in good faith and awarded Adams €100,
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Gerry Adams, a former leader of the Sinn Féin party, has emerged victorious in his libel lawsuit against the BBC after a jury found that the broadcaster's claims against him were defamatory. The BBC had aired a programme and online article in 2016 suggesting that Adams had sanctioned
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A jury has begun deliberating on former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams' libel action against the BBC, which alleges he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, a former Sinn Fein official. The case has been ongoing since 2018, with the BBC arguing that its report, which aired in 2016,
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Gerry Adams, the former president of Sinn Féin, is suing the BBC for damages over allegations that he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, a former Sinn Féin official who was a police and MI5 agent. The high-profile trial, which has entered its fifth week, is centered around a BBC
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Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is suing the BBC over allegations made in a 2016 Spotlight programme that he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, a former Sinn Fein official and MI5 agent, who was shot dead in 2006. In his charging instructions to the jury, Judge Mr Justice
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Gerry Adams is suing the BBC for allegedly defaming him in a documentary that claimed he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, a former Sinn Fein official who was shot dead in 2006. The BBC's Spotlight program aired in 2016, stating that the shooting was sanctioned by the
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Gerry Adams, the former Sinn Fein president, is suing the BBC over allegations that he sanctioned the killing of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson, which he denies. The BBC broadcast a programme in 2016, citing an anonymous source claiming the shooting was sanctioned by the IRA leadership and that
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Gerry Adams, a former president of the Sinn Fein party, is suing the BBC over claims that he sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official who turned out to be an informant. The allegations were made in a 2016 Spotlight documentary, which also claimed that Adams "gives
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Gerry Adams, the former Sinn Féin president, is suing the BBC over allegations made in a documentary that he sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Féin official who was an informant. The allegations were made in a confidential source in a Spotlight documentary in 2016, which claimed that Adams
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Jennifer O'Leary, a reporter for BBC Spotlight, has maintained that her journalism on the alleged IRA sanctioning of the killing of a spy was conducted in good faith and with a commitment to uncovering the truth. Ms O'Leary faced questioning from Gerry Adams' barrister, Tom
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A BBC journalist told a Dublin High Court that it is likely a source who made allegations against Gerry Adams in a documentary would be killed if identified. The broadcaster is defending a libel claim brought by Adams, who allegedly sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official, Denis
