'Insufficient evidence' on Gerry Adams for prosecution
There is "insufficient evidence" to pursue a prosecution against Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in relation to the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, according to reports.
Background: The murder of Jean McConville
- Mother of 10 Jean McConville, 37, was kidnapped from her west Belfast home in 1972 and shot by the IRA.
- The Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman later found she had been wrongly accused by the IRA of being an informer.
- She was one of Northern Ireland's "disappeared" - those who were kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles.
- McConville's body was recovered from a beach in County Louth in 2003.
- Former Provisional IRA leader Ivor Bell, 77, was charged last month with aiding and abetting McConville's murder.
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Adams attacks reasons for his detention
Adams attacks reasons for his detention and denies McConville murder
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'Belfast Project' sheds new light on McConville murder
It is claimed IRA volunteers described what happened the night Jean McConville was murdered to Boston College's "Belfast Project".