Adams in abuse case extradition hearing
10/03/2010 - 07:27:08Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams’s brother Liam is due before the High Court today for the first stage in an extradition hearing.
The 54-year-old is wanted in the North to answer 18 charges of sexual abuse including rape, indecent assault and gross indecency against his daughter.
Aine Tyrell waived her right to anonymity last December and made the claims public in a television documentary.
Mr Adams denied he fled the North a year ago to escape prosecution but told the court he feared he and his children were in danger after media reports of the allegations, and he also claims he will not get a fair trial.
Mr Adams, who last week handed himself over to Irish authorities after a European Arrest Warrant was served, is planning to fight the extradition.
The alleged offences against his daughter date back from March 1977 to March 1983.
Mr Adams, who is unemployed and living in rented accommodation, is on bail but has been told to attend today’s hearing.
He will face the High Court in the Criminal Courts of Justice.
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