Gerry Adams may have 'deluded' himself over IRA membership, court hears

Witness says: 'I'm as satisfied as I can be from the reporting I have done that, in 1983, Adams was also a member of the Provisional IRA ruling Army Council'

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London on Monday. Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Gerry Adams may have "spectacularly deluded" himself into thinking he was not in the Provisional IRA by virtue of his leadership role, the British High Court has heard.

On Monday, journalist John Ware gave evidence at the civil trial being brought against the former Sinn Féin president by victims of three bombings in England.