Liam Adams case adjourned for sentencing deliberations

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams should not be subject to lengthy sex offender supervision measures on his eventual release from prison, as he does not pose a serious risk to the public, his lawyer has urged.

Belfast Crown Court yesterday heard final legal submissions on the case of Liam Adams before Judge Corinne Philpott adjourned to commence her sentencing deliberations.

Adams, aged 58, from west Belfast, was convicted last month of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter, Aine Dahlstrom, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.