Liam Adams was a convicted paedophile who spent six years in Maghaberry Prison
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was among the mourners as his brother Liam was buried in Letterkenny, Co Donegal on Friday afternoon.
The funeral cortege was led by a silver Belfast taxi as it made its way on the two-mile journey to his final resting place after his funeral mass. A former youth worker and also a former IRA member, Liam Adams was convicted of 10 offences — three counts of rape, four of indecent assault and three of gross indecency. In 2015, he lost an appeal at the High Court against his conviction and sentencing.Gerry Adams gave evidence at his brother’s first trial, which collapsed in April 2013 for legal reasons.
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