{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/681e70bf58009636d55894ca?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Gerry Adams accused BBC barrister of trying to persuade a jury he has “no reputation whatsoever” ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1747045148232-d7230c17-c9fd-40dd-a96a-b9b1e4cd3088.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Gerry Adams has been under cross-examination in Dublin. The former Sinn Féin leader has taken a defamation case against the BBC.&nbsp;</p><p>He claims a Spotlight programme defamed him - by alleging he sanctioned the murder of Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent for 20 years – Mr Adams denies any knowledge of the killing.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Mark Tighe has been covering the case for the Sunday Independent, he joins Ciarán Dunbar.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}