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18/10/2011
Adams Extradition Appeal Denied
Liam Adams has been remanded in custody in the Republic after he lost a bid to halt his extradition to Northern Ireland to face sexual abuse allegations.
The brother of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, is to be sent to a prison in Dublin to await transfer to the North some time in the next fortnight, where he is expected to stand trial for 18 alleged offences against his daughter Aine Tyrell.
The High Court ruled that they would not let him appeal to the Surpreme Court over the earlier judgement that ordered his extradition.
Mr Adams,56, denies the abuse allegations but was remanded in custody to Cloverhill Prison.
The Background
It is nearly three years ago that the media alleged the 56-year-old had abused his daughter.
In December 2009, a UTV programme claimed that Liam Adams had sexually abused his daughter for a period spanning about a decade.
During 2009–10 there was a significant amount of controversy concerning allegations of child abuse in the family of Gerry Adams, a senior Irish politician and leader of Sinn Fein. The allegations of abuse are against Gerry's brother and father and not against Gerry Adams himself.
In response to the programme, Gerry urged his brother to turn himself in to the police and he also alleged that his deceased father, Gerry Adams, Sr., had subjected family members to emotional, physical and sexual abuse.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland issued a European Arrest Warrant for Liam Adams' arrest.
Liam Adams presented himself at a Garda Síochána police station in Sligo in December 2009. However they were not able to arrest him as they did not have the necessary European Arrest Warrant. Adams did not wish to hand himself into police in Northern Ireland, citing unfairness.
On the 3 March 2010, the High Court in Dublin endorsed the European arrest warrant, which was issued in Liam Adams' name by the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The following day, 4 March, Adams again handed himself over to the authorities in the Republic. When he was arrested he said, "I just want to say I'm not guilty."
(LB/CD)
The brother of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, is to be sent to a prison in Dublin to await transfer to the North some time in the next fortnight, where he is expected to stand trial for 18 alleged offences against his daughter Aine Tyrell.
The High Court ruled that they would not let him appeal to the Surpreme Court over the earlier judgement that ordered his extradition.
Mr Adams,56, denies the abuse allegations but was remanded in custody to Cloverhill Prison.
The Background
It is nearly three years ago that the media alleged the 56-year-old had abused his daughter.
In December 2009, a UTV programme claimed that Liam Adams had sexually abused his daughter for a period spanning about a decade.
During 2009–10 there was a significant amount of controversy concerning allegations of child abuse in the family of Gerry Adams, a senior Irish politician and leader of Sinn Fein. The allegations of abuse are against Gerry's brother and father and not against Gerry Adams himself.
In response to the programme, Gerry urged his brother to turn himself in to the police and he also alleged that his deceased father, Gerry Adams, Sr., had subjected family members to emotional, physical and sexual abuse.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland issued a European Arrest Warrant for Liam Adams' arrest.
Liam Adams presented himself at a Garda Síochána police station in Sligo in December 2009. However they were not able to arrest him as they did not have the necessary European Arrest Warrant. Adams did not wish to hand himself into police in Northern Ireland, citing unfairness.
On the 3 March 2010, the High Court in Dublin endorsed the European arrest warrant, which was issued in Liam Adams' name by the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The following day, 4 March, Adams again handed himself over to the authorities in the Republic. When he was arrested he said, "I just want to say I'm not guilty."
(LB/CD)
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