A Belfast court has thrown out a libel case brought by a leading member of Sinn Féin who was accused of shooting a prison guard, dealing a fresh blow to the party’s multiple lawsuits against the media.
Master Evan Bell of the high court on Monday struck out the action by Gerry Kelly, who took a case against the journalist and commentator Malachi O’Doherty, calling it “scandalous, frivolous and vexatious”.
