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Jury in Adams action against BBC to resume deliberations on Friday

The jury in Gerry Adams’ libel action against the BBC will continue deliberations on Friday morning.

Evening Standard

Jury begins deliberating in Gerry Adams’ libel action against BBC

Former Sinn Fein leader Mr Adams alleges a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, defamed him.

Evening Standard

Jury in Adams libel case expected to begin deliberations on Thursday

The former president of Sinn Fein is suing the BBC over a claim that he sanctioned the killing of informer Denis Donaldson in 2006.

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Jury in Satchwell trial commences deliberations on verdict

The judge told the jurors that there are a number of verdicts open to them.

Evening Standard

Jury in Satchwell trial told to ‘consider carefully’ if accused telling truth

Richard Satchwell, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife Tina between March 19 and 20 2017.

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Satchwell’s story has ‘more holes than block of Swiss cheese’, murder trial told

Richard Satchwell is on trial at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court for the murder of his wife, Tina, in March 2017.

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Kneecap release new song ahead of headline performance at London’s Wide Awake

The Irish rap trio are playing the festival on Friday evening in Brockwell Park.

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Kneecap star appears at surprise 100 Club gig with tape over mouth after terror charge

The rap trio are set to headline Wide Awake Festival at Brockwell Park on Friday evening - two days after Mo Chara was charged with a terror offence

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Kneecap to headline festival two days after terror charge

Mo Chara was charged over the alleged display of a flag in support of Hezbollah at a gig in London last year.

The Independent UK

Adams seeking damages of at least 200,000 euro from BBC, jury hears

The British public service broadcaster has argued it would be a “cruel joke” to award the former Sinn Fein president with any damages.

Evening Standard

Murder accused Richard Satchwell was ‘controlling and obsessive’, court told

Tina Satchwell’s half sister told the Central Criminal Court that Satchwell always wanted to know where his wife was and who she spoke to.

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Awarding damages to Gerry Adams would be ‘a cruel joke’, BBC lawyer says

The former Sinn Fein president claims a BBC Spotlight programme defamed him.

Evening Standard

Ireland’s deputy premier accuses Israel of ‘genocidal activity’ in Gaza

Simon Harris said it was now ‘clear’ that Israel wanted to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

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Gerry Adams had reputation as ‘warmonger’, victims’ campaigner tells court

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over a claim made by a source in a documentary that alleged he had sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.

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Tina Satchwell’s cousin never saw her be ‘violent or aggressive’, court told

Sarah Howard also said she thought it ‘strange’ that her cousin’s husband Richard Satchwell had offered her a chest freezer after she disappeared.

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Adams had reputation of being in IRA Army Council, ex-attorney general says

Gerry Adams was ‘reputed to have become a member of the Army Council of the IRA’, a former attorney general has told his libel trial against the BBC.

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Tina Satchwell’s cause of death could not be determined, jury hears

Richard Satchwell, 58, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife Tina in 2017.

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Claim about Adams in BBC programme ‘probably’ not rules breach – media expert

A court was told that the programme was not ‘unfair or unjust’.

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Satchwell replied ‘guilty or not guilty, guilty’ when charged with wife’s murder

Richard Satchwell was arrested for the murder of his wife Tina in October 2023 after her body was found in a shallow clandestine grave.

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Garda killed at checkpoint left no stone unturned in duty of care, funeral told

The requiem mass for Garda Kevin Flatley was held in Balbriggin in Co Dublin.

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‘Big sensationalist expose’ claim over Adams programme denied

A BBC Spotlight programme which aired a claim Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was ‘measured and precise’.

The Independent UK

Richard Satchwell: Glass fragments recovered from wife’s remains, court hears

Satchwell, 58, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife between March 19-20 2017

Evening Standard

BBC reporter denies claims she had ‘no regard or care’ about Adams allegation

Jennifer O’Leary said she did not treat the allegation against Gerry Adams ‘recklessly’, saying her journalism was carried out in ‘good faith’.

The Independent UK

Murder accused says he cut dressing gown belt so he could hold dead wife

Richard Satchwell, 58, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife

Evening Standard

Murder accused cut dressing gown belt so he could hold dead wife, court hears

Richard Satchwell told detectives investigating the murder of his wife, Tina Satchwell, that he wanted her arms around him after she died.

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