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Liam Adams loses appeal against his conviction for raping his daughter

The brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has lost an appeal against his conviction for rapi...
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11.28 5 May 2015


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Liam Adams loses appeal against his conviction for raping his daughter

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11.28 5 May 2015


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The brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has lost an appeal against his conviction for raping and abusing his daughter.

Liam Adams (59) from west Belfast was jailed for 16 years in 2013 for attacking her.

He has always maintained he is innocent.

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He was found guilty in 2013 for a string of attacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Áine Dahlstrom - who has waived her right to anonymity - was abused for five years from the age of four.

She had told police her mother and uncle Gerry had confronted her father but he denied any wrongdoing.

She and her mother reported the abuse, but later retracted because they felt police were more interested in the politics of her father and uncle.

When Áine made the allegations public in a 2009 television documentary, Liam Adams fled to the Republic, claiming he would not get a fair trial.

Liam Adams later handed himself in at a police station in Co Sligo but could not be detained because officers did not have the correct documentation.

He was eventually handed over to PSNI officers at the border, after a lengthy extradition battle.


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