British High Court trial against Gerry Adams set to begin

Gerry Adams is a former Sinn Féin president Picture:PA

A civil trial between three men injured in Provisional IRA bombings and Gerry Adams is set to begin at the High Court in London on Monday.

John Clark, a victim of the 1973 Old Bailey bombing in London, Jonathan Ganesh, a 1996 London Docklands bombing victim, and Barry Laycock, a victim of the 1996 Arndale shopping centre bombing in Manchester, all allege that Mr Adams was a leading member of the Provisional IRA on those dates, including of its Army Council.