Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is being sued in London's High Court for allegedly being directly responsible and complicit for decisions by the Provisional IRA to detonate bombs in England in 1973 and 1996.
Adams denies being an IRA member, but the claimants are seeking vindication, not money, for the nominal sum of 1 pound.
Three men wounded in the bombings, John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh, and Barry Laycock, claim Adams was a member of the IRA's decision-making Army Council and was as responsible as the men who planted the explosives during 'the Troubles.'
Adams, who helped broker the 1998 Good Friday peace accord, is expected to testify in his defense during the nonjury trial due to conclude next week.
