Gerry Adams wins defamation case towards BBC
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Gerry Adams, former chief of Eire’s Sinn Féin celebration, has gained a high-profile defamation lawsuit towards the BBC on the Excessive Courtroom in Dublin after arguing the broadcaster had tarnished his status as a peacemaker.
The jury within the month-long case on Friday awarded Adams, 76, €100,000 in damages from the British broadcaster.
The case centred on allegations made by an unnamed supply that had been aired in a 2016 documentary and accompanying on-line article alleging that Adams sanctioned the homicide of Denis Donaldson, a British agent, in 2006.
Adams had sought damages of €200,000 and denied all involvement.
The BBC argued that it was not endorsing the allegations, however that their inclusion was truthful and affordable reporting on a matter of public curiosity.
