GERRY ADAMS, the Sinn Fein President, threatened to hit his brother with a hammer during a row over claims Liam Adams abused his own daughter, a court has heard.
A prosecution witness in the trial of Liam Adams has also claimed she thought she would be seen as a police informer in 1987 after claims of sexual abuse were made to the authorities.
Liam Adams, 57, of Bernagh Drive, west Belfast, is accused of ten counts of child sex abuse including rape, indecent assault and gross indecency against his daughter, Aine, between 1977 and 1983.
Mr Adams denies all the charges against him.
This morning Sarah Campbell told Belfast Crown Court of her dealings with the police and social services in early 1987, when she and her daughter Aine had made statements to the police.
She said she felt in her contact with the RUC she was being made into a police tout to get information.
Ms Campbell also claimed a young social worker had advised her to not meet the police “in the town”.
She was living in the west Belfast estate, New Barnsley, at the time.
The complaints by Aine Adams and her mother were made to the police in January 1987, but they were withdrawn the following month.
The court this afternoon heard a claim that Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams threatened to hit his brother, Liam, with a hammer during a heated conversation in a cottage in Buncrana in 1987.
Ms Campbell told of going with Aine, her brother-in-law Gerry and another family member to confront Liam Adams.
She gave evidence of what she claimed was a heated conversation during which Gerry said to his brother: “If you are not telling the truth, I will hit you with a hammer.”
The trial continues.