Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has won a defamation case against the BBC.
Mr Adams claimed he was defamed in a 2016 Spotlight programme and a subsequent online article, which he said falsely claimed that he sanctioned the killing of former senior Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson.
Mr Donaldson was shot dead in Donegal in 2006, months after admitting being an informer for the police and MI5 over two decades.
The jury was asked if the words used in the programme meant Mr Adams had sanctioned the murder and not just presented as an allegation as the BBC had argued.
It answered yes to this question and rejected the BBC’s defence that it was fair and…