Gerry Adams gives evidence in brother's trial

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has been sworn in as a prosecution witness in the trial of his younger brother Liam Adams.

Liam Adams is on trial at Belfast Crown Court on ten charges of the rape and sexual abuse of his daughter Aine Adams when she was aged between four and ten years old.

Liam Adams, 57, of Bernagh Drive, west Belfast, has denied all the charges against him.

Aine Adams, who is now 40, has waived her right to anonymity.

Gerry Adams told the court he was the MP for west Belfast when the allegations against his brother first emerged in 1987.

He said he confronted his brother about the alleged child abuse during a meeting in Buncrana, Co Donegal.

He said: "I regret the meeting took place in the way that it did because Liam denied the assertion that he had interfered with Aine.

"When that concluded I spoke to Liam on my own and said to him that I was very aware of the situation that he needed to reflect on and needed to acknowledge what Aine was saying.

"Why should she make it up. There was no reason why she should make any of this up," he said.

Gerry Adams also told the jury about a meeting he said he had with Liam in Dundalk in 2000.

Gerry Adams said they had a long walk during which he said Liam had acknowledged that he had sexually abused Aine.

Gerry Adams said his brother also said the abuse had only happened once.

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