Adams tells court he ‘liked but did not have many dealings’ with British spy

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, where he is bringing a legal action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

Gerry Adams has said he “liked but did not have many dealings” with a British spy who was killed, a Dublin court heard.

The former Sinn Fein president said that Denis Donaldson was “a victim of the conflict” and said the people who he was acting as an informer for had viewed him as “expendable”.