Gerry Adams' brother, Liam stands in the dock, but
it's Gerry Adams and Sinn Fein that are on trial.
Liam is accused of molesting and raping his daughter, Aine. She claims to have been sexually assaulted by her father from 1977, when she was four, until 1983.
The greater question now has become how much Gerry Adams knew about the incest, when he knew it and whether he concealed the crimes to protect Sinn Fein.
Mr Adams testified he had known for many years about the rape
allegations but did not tell police what he knew until 2009, shortly
before Aine Adams went public with her accusations on Northern Ireland
television.
She accused Sinn Fein of wanting her to stay silent for the party's image.
She accused Sinn Fein of wanting her to stay silent for the party's image.
Gerry Adams, 64, said his brother confessed he had molested his daughter when the two walked on a beach in the rain in 2000.
"He said it only happened the once," Mr Adams told Belfast Crown Court on Monday.
His brother's lawyer Eilis McDermott repeatedly accused him of lying under oath about his motives.
The lawyer said Gerry Adams made his 2009 statement to police
"to save your political skin", with Sinn Fein about to be accused of
hiding rapists within its movement.
Mr Adams countered that had he wanted to protect himself politically, he would not have got involved at all.
Gerry's account doesn't have the ring of truth to it. By his own admission he knew about his brother's actions for years but he only went to the police about it when his niece was going public?
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