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Gerry Adams accused BBC barrister of trying to persuade a jury he has “no reputation whatsoever”

Gerry Adams has been under cross-examination in Dublin. The former Sinn Féin leader has taken a defamation case against the BBC.

He claims a Spotlight programme defamed him - by alleging he sanctioned the murder of Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent for 20 years – Mr Adams denies any knowledge of the killing.

Mark Tighe has been covering the case for the Sunday Independent, he joins Ciarán Dunbar.

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