Adams will not face charges over IRA murder

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams will not be prosecuted in connection with the IRA murder of Belfast mother of 10 Jean McConville.

Adams will not face charges over IRA murder
Wed, 30 Sep, 2015 - 01:00
David Young

Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said Mr Adams and six others, among them Sinn Féin’s northern chairman Bobby Storey, will not face charges.

The PPS made the announcement after reviewing police files on the seven individuals reported to them by detectives investigating the 1972 murder.

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