English High Court begins hearing IRA victims’ claim against Gerry Adams
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The High Court has begun hearing a civil case brought against former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams by three survivors of IRA bomb attacks in Great Britain.
The claimants are suing Mr Adams on the basis of his alleged affiliation with and leadership role in the Provisional IRA, which he denies.
John Clark is described as a victim of the car bomb detonated outside the Old Bailey in 1972, while Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock were injured in the 1996 bombings in the London Docklands and Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre respectively.
The three claimants are seeking £1 in damages “for vindicatory purposes in respect of their loss and damage sustained as a result of those incidents for which the defendant is alleged to be liable”.
The case opened this morning before Mr Justice Jonathan Swift in the Royal Courts of Justice and is expected to run until next Tuesday.
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