Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams Released After Being Questioned By Police For Five Days

'I'm Innocent': Gerry Adams Defiant After Release As He Blames 'Malicious' Campaign Against Him For Arrest Over Notorious IRA Murder Of Mother-Of-Ten Jean McConville -- Daily Mail

* Gerry Adams, 65, insists he is 'innocent of any conspiracy to abduct, kill and bury Jean McConville' after he is released from police custody
* Blamed a 'sustained, sinister campaign' against him for arrest
* Left Antrim station, west of Belfast, via rear exit this evening
* Protesters holding Union flags attempted to block convoy of vehicles
* Sinn Fein leader arrested for questioning on Wednesday
* Widow Mrs McConville was abducted before she was shot dead
* Mr Adams, 65, has always denied any involvement in the killing

'I have worked hard with others to have this injustice redressed and for the return of the bodies of others killed during the conflict and secretly buried by the IRA, and I will continue to do so.'

The Sinn Fein president said he voluntarily went to Antrim Barracks on Wednesday, having contacted the PSNI two months ago to tell them he was available to meet with them.

He said his willingness to speak to police was 'following yet another spate of media speculation - part of a sustained, malicious, untruthful and sinister campaign alleging involvement by me in the killing of Mrs Jean McConville'.

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More News On The Release Of Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein Leader Adams Released After Five Days -- Voice of America
Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams freed without charge in '72 killing -- FOX News/AP
Gerry Adams freed in Jean McConville murder inquiry -- BBC
Gerry Adams slams his 'malicious and sinister' arrest -- The Independent
Gerry Adams, Leader of Sinn Fein, Is Released Without Charges -- New York Times
Released by police, Sinn Fein's Adams says he's innocent -- USA Today
Sinn Fein’s Adams Released Without Charge Amid Murder Probe -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams urges calm after release -- Reuters
Gerry Adams freed as Northern Ireland’s unity government faces challenge -- Washington Post
Police call for Gerry Adams to be charged over IRA murder -- The Times
Gerry Adams release embarrassing for PSNI -- Vincent Kearney, BBC
Peace, truth or justice: Northern Ireland's difficult choices -- The Guardian editorial

My Comment: It appears that the police had wanted to charge Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for murder .... but like so much of Northern Ireland's history .... this is now going to be a political decision.