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OP - April 30, 2014, 10:06 PM

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Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been arrested by Northern Ireland police in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville.

He presented himself to police on Wednesday evening and was arrested.

Speaking before his arrest, Mr Adams said he was "innocent of any part" in the murder.

Mrs McConville, a 37-year-old widow and mother-of-10, was abducted from her flat in the Divis area of west Belfast and shot by the IRA.

Her body was recovered from a beach in County Louth in 2003.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-27232731

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Reply #1 - April 30, 2014, 10:14 PM

Interesting. Saw this an hour ago, wonder what it will do to the peace protest.
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Reply #2 - April 30, 2014, 10:16 PM

I doubt it will do anything to the peace process. Northern Ireland has gone past the point of no return in terms of taking the gun out of politics, so even if he's convicted of anything there won't be a breakdown in peace. A few cranky exchanges between the various parties will be about the size of it.

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Reply #3 - May 01, 2014, 10:47 PM

My 2c is that if there is anything to this arrest, it'll most likely be that Adams was told the details of the killing at some point after it happened. This seems likely since he was head of Sinn Féin, but not directly invoved with militant actions AFAIK. The militant brigades would most likely have been operating independently of Sinn Féin when it came to extrajudicial killings.

IOW, since being told he'd be technically guilty of "obstructing justice" by withholding evidence, but not actually guilty of murder.

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Reply #4 - May 04, 2014, 06:14 PM

He's been released without charge anyway.

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