Gerry Adams is pursuing legal action against the BBC for alleged defamation due to claims made in a 2016 Spotlight programme, which suggested his involvement in the 2006 killing of British agent Denis Donaldson. An expert witness representing Adams criticized the BBC for failing to provide any secondary evidence or documentation to confirm the serious allegations. Conversely, the BBC asserts the reliability of their claims, citing multiple credible sources that corroborate the information provided by an anonymous contributor, intensifying the ongoing legal dispute in the High Court in Dublin.
An expert witness for Mr Adams's legal team said the BBC presented no secondary source, documentation or verifying evidence to support the "serious, criminal" allegation made in the programme against Mr Adams that he had ordered the killing of British agent Denis Donaldson in 2006.
The BBC had "multiple, authoritative, credible, confidential" sources corroborating the information provided by an anonymous contributor to a documentary at the centre of a defamation action brought by Gerry Adams.
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