A barrister for Gerry Adams has told the High Court in London it was a “logical fallacy” to assume he was a leading member of the IRA.
Edward Craven, who is defending Adams in a personal injuries suit brought against him by three victims of IRA bombings, said the case against him was built on hearsay that he was a member of the organisation and had sat on its army council.
He said the case against Adams that he was in the IRA was based on “a lot of smoke, [so] there must be a fire in there somewhere”.
The former Sinn Féin president is being sued for personal injury by three victims of IRA attacks – Jonathan Ganesh, John Clark and Barry Laycock – who allege he is personally liable for the bomb
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