Gerry Adams to contact PSNI about Jean McConville murder

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has asked his lawyer to contact police to establish if detectives want to speak to him about the murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville.

The move comes after 77-year-old Ivor Bell was charged last Saturday with aiding and abetting the notorious 1972 IRA murder.

As Bell, from Ramoan Gardens in west Belfast, was remanded in custody, Belfast Magistrates Court heard police moved against him on the basis of an interview he allegedly gave to Boston College researchers.