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| Gerry Adams: 'I know I committed no offence' over abuse case | Gerry Adams: 'I know I committed no offence' over abuse case |
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| Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said he knows he "committed no offence" over his brother Liam's abuse case. | Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said he knows he "committed no offence" over his brother Liam's abuse case. |
| Liam Adams was convicted last week of raping and abusing his daughter, Áine, over a six-year period in the 1970s. | Liam Adams was convicted last week of raping and abusing his daughter, Áine, over a six-year period in the 1970s. |
| Northern Ireland's attorney general is to review a decision not to prosecute Gerry Adams for allegedly withholding information on his brother. | |
| Gerry Adams said he had co-operated fully with the police, the Public Prosecution Service and the courts. | Gerry Adams said he had co-operated fully with the police, the Public Prosecution Service and the courts. |
| "I know that I committed no offence and I know that I did what I considered to be the right thing and that I co-operated fully with the PSNI, with the PPS, with the courts, that I gave evidence in the courts," he said. | "I know that I committed no offence and I know that I did what I considered to be the right thing and that I co-operated fully with the PSNI, with the PPS, with the courts, that I gave evidence in the courts," he said. |
| "So I don't have any concerns about that. | "So I don't have any concerns about that. |
| "I obviously am concerned that as members of my family pick up the newspapers this morning, and on the back of this press conference will pick up the newspapers tomorrow morning, and wonder why there is such an inordinate attention on this and on me. | "I obviously am concerned that as members of my family pick up the newspapers this morning, and on the back of this press conference will pick up the newspapers tomorrow morning, and wonder why there is such an inordinate attention on this and on me. |
| "So that's my primary concern, my primary concern isn't about me." | "So that's my primary concern, my primary concern isn't about me." |
| He said he took exception "to a quite despicable lobby that's going on" over the case and said there was "quite contrived reaction in some quarters". | He said he took exception "to a quite despicable lobby that's going on" over the case and said there was "quite contrived reaction in some quarters". |
| "I learned that the DUP, at least some of the DUP, and indeed some in Fianna Fail, are coming at this in a political way," he said. | |
| It is believed the matter will be raised at Northern Ireland Assembly question time later. | |
| It is thought likely that Health Minister Edwin Poots, of the DUP, will call for the police ombudsman to examine the police's handling of the case. |