Gerry Adams may have ‘deluded himself’ into thinking he was not in Provisional IRA, UK bombings civil trial hears

GERRY Adams may have “deluded” himself into thinking he was not in the Provisional IRA, the London High Court heard today.

Journalist John Ware was giving evidence at the civil trial being brought against the former Sinn Fein president by victims of three UK bombings.

Jonathan Ganesh was injured in the 1996 London Docklands bombing, John Clark is a victim of the 1973 Old Bailey bombing in London, and Barry Laycock is a victim of the 1996 Arndale shopping centre bombing in Manchester.

The three men allege that Mr Adams was a leading member of the Provisional IRA on those dates, including of its Army Council, and are seeking £1 in damages.

Mr Adams denies ever being in the Provisional IRA and is defending the claim.

Mr Ware told the court he reported extensively on the Troubles and interviewed many people in connection with these stories.

“Adams does keep insisting that he was never in the Provisional IRA.

“If that is Adams’s position, then he has spectacularly deluded himself.”