Refusing Gerry Adams a payout for quashed convictions was unlawful, court rules

Gerry Adams was interned without trial in 1973 at Long Kesh (Liam McBurney/PA)

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was wrongly denied compensation after his convictions for attempted prison breaks were quashed, a court has ruled.

Mr Adams won a Supreme Court appeal in 2020 over historical convictions for two attempts to escape the Long Kesh internment camp in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.