Two former members of Royal Ulster Constabulary testify at civil trial that Adams led proscribed organisation
Gerry Adams was the leader of the Irish Republican Army, two former police officers have told the high court.
The former Sinn Féin leader is being sued for symbolic “vindicatory” damages of £1 each by John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock, who allege he was culpable for three separate IRA bombings in which they were injured.
Adams denies ever being a member of the IRA or having sat on its army council.
On Thursday, Tim Hanley, a retired detective for the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), and a former RUC special branch intelligence officer anonymised as “witness B”, gave evidence that Adams led the proscribed organisation.
