‘Big sensationalist expose’ claim over Adams programme denied

Spotlight editor Gwyneth Jones outside the High Court in Dublin (PA) - (PA Wire)

A BBC editor has strongly rejected a view that a programme which aired a claim that Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was a “big sensationalist expose”.

During a libel trial in Dublin, Declan Doyle SC, acting for Mr Adams, put it to the witness that the programme’s “big reveal” was a false claim that Mr Adams had sanctioned the murder of Denis Donaldson.