BBC faces criticism over delay in paying court-ordered damages to Gerry Adams

The BBC lost a major defamation case earlier this year after Gerry Adams took them to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme and an accompanying online story
BBC faces criticism over delay in paying court-ordered damages to Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin after he won his libel action against the BBC (Brian Lawless/PA)

The BBC has been criticised for not yet having paid court-ordered damages to former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams.

The corporation lost a major defamation case earlier this year after Mr Adams took them to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme and an accompanying online story.

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