Adams’s brother could face new year extradition hearing

THE suspected paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams could face an extradition hearing in an Irish court early in 2010.

Liam Adams, 58, who is wanted by the PSNI in relation to 23 charges of child abuse since November 2008, walked into a Garda station in Sligo on December 21 where he was interviewed. He was later released, because gardaí did not have a European arrest warrant to serve on him.

It has been reported that it may be several weeks before the PSNI have the necessary paperwork completed to issue a European arrest warrant. However, a legal source has informed the Irish Examiner that, “if there was sufficient importance placed on its preparation”, a European arrest warrant could be presented within days.