Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 damages in libel victory over BBC
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6XMRE)
Former Sinn Fein leader sued broadcaster over allegation in documentary that he sanctioned murder of MI5 informant
Gerry Adams has won a defamation action against the BBC over a documentary that carried a claim that he sanctioned the murder of an MI5 informant in 2006.
A jury at Dublin's high court on Friday found that the BBC had not acted in good faith or in a fair and reasonable way and awarded the former Sinn Fein leader 100,000 (84,000) in damages
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