BBC was ordered to pay 100,000 euros ($ 113,000) as compensation to former Vin President Jerry Adams in a defamation case about the killing of an Irish laboratory MI5. In response, the BBC said that today's decision “hinders freedom of expression.”
In a documentary in Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland, it was broadcast in 2016 in addition to an online article, Adams was identified by an unknown shareholder as being punished for the death of Dennis Donaldson in 2006, a member of Shane Vin and volunteered in the temporary Irish Republican Army (the Irish Republican Army) who was subsequently shown as an expert in MI5 shortly after that. The true Irish Republican army, which was distinguished from the temporary, claimed its responsibility for his death in 2009.
According to BBC News, the sources believe that the Adams Legal Bill ranges between 3 million euros to 5 million euros. This would make the experience one of the most expensive cases that the BBC fought ever.
Adams has always denied all his involvement in the murder of Donaldson and commanded a hearing in Dublin today BBC to pay it to 100,000 euros. Adams is one of the most well -known Irish political figures in the modern era, who was the president of Chen Finn from 1983 to 2018. He previously condemned the killing of Donaldson.
Adams has witnessed the trial that occurred during the past five weeks, which witnessed that the BBC was arguing by defending fair and reasonable reports on the issue of a public interest.
BBC News stated that the jury consisting of 11 people had to answer five questions.
“Yes” answered whether the words on the program means Mr. Adams imposing a penalty for the murder of Dennis Donaldson. ” They answered the same thing whether the news article accompanying the document did the same. They answered “No” whether the BBC reported the allegations in good faith, and they decided that Adams would be granted 100,000 euros when interrogating it about the amount of damage.
In response, Adam Smith, Northern Ireland manager, said that the effects of the decision are “deep” and “can hinder freedom of expression.”
He added: “As our legal team explained, if it is not possible to win the BBC case under the current Irish defamation law, it is difficult to see how anyone can.” “We did not want to come to the court, but it is important to defend our journalists as we stand by this decision. Our past is difficult terrain on any jury and we thank them for diligence and careful consideration of cases in this case.”
Smith said that his team “believes that we have provided extensive evidence for the court of minute editor -in -chief and the journalistic deception applied to this program,” while “the court accepted, and by Jerry Adams's legal team, the additional broadcast and its publication was from the highest public interest.”
“I said in the Witness Fund that I had nothing to hide, only sources to protect and I want to thank them for trusting me,” added Jennifer Olieri.
