Gerry Adams tells defamation case BBC Spotlight allegations undermine peace progress

The former Sinn Féin leader also told the High Court that he has 'never purported to speak for the IRA, ever'

Gerry Adams said that counsel for the BBC was seeking to persuade the jury that he had 'no reputation whatsoever' because of allegations that he was a member of the IRA and sat on its army council. File picture

Gerry Adams has claimed allegations made about him in a BBC Spotlight programme undermine progress achieved during the Northern Ireland peace process.

The former Sinn Féin leader was giving evidence on the second week of his High Court action against the BBC, in which he claims a Spotlight programme and a related article published in 2016 defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the 2006 killing of British agent Denis Donaldson.