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Danny Halpin

Gerry Adams arrives at High Court for bombings trial

Gerry Adams arriving at the Old Bailey (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Gerry Adams has arrived at the High Court in London for the start of a civil trial in claims brought by three men injured in Provisional IRA bombings.

John Clark, a victim of the 1973 Old Bailey bombing in London, Jonathan Ganesh, a 1996 London Docklands bombing victim, and Barry Laycock, a victim of the 1996 Arndale shopping centre bombing in Manchester, all allege that Mr Adams was a leading member of the Provisional IRA on those dates, including of its Army Council.

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