Gerry Adams urges ministers to act after court internment ruling

Ruling that ex-Sinn Fein leader was unlawfully detained in 1970s prompts call for other Troubles-era cases to be scrutinised

The legality of every internment during the Troubles will have to be scrutinised, the former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has urged, after his convictions for escaping from the Maze prison were quashed by the supreme court.

The unanimous decision of the UK's highest court is likely to affect scores of claims from republicans and loyalists who are challenging their detention without trial during the 1970s.