Ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against the BBC | Politics News

Jury found that the BBC had not acted in good faith and awarded Adams 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages.

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has won a libel case against the BBC over a report alleging he sanctioned the killing of an informant in the Irish republican movement.

A jury at Ireland’s High Court on Friday found that the BBC had not acted in good faith and in a “fair and reasonable” way and awarded Adams 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages.

Adams brought the lawsuit over a…