IRA victims' relatives write to Met Police to demand new inquiry into Gerry Adams

EXCLUSIVE: IRA victims' relatives write to Met Police to demand new inquiry into Gerry AdamsMet Police urged to start new inquiry into Gerry Adams links with IRA after the dramatic sudden end to recent civil caseCommentsNewsAndy Lines09:40, 07 Apr 2026View 7 ImagesIRA victims' relatives write to Met Police Commissioner to ask for new investigation into Gerry Adams(Image: PA)Three relatives of people killed by IRA bombs have now written to the Metropolitan Police demanding it investigated new “evidence” revealed in the recent Gerry Adams High court case.‌In a letter to commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, they said new information disclosed in the civil case should be examined by “counter terrorism specialists”. Ihsen Bashir, Sarah Butt and Susan Dodd were devastated when the case against Adams was withdrawn last month during the trial after a controversial legal decision.‌They insist that their loved ones’ memories must never be forgotten and there should be a full inquiry into Adams’ links with the IRA Susan Dodd is the daughter of a senior Metropolitan police officer who was killed in the 1983 Harrods bomb.‌View 7 ImagesIRA victims' relatives write to Met Police Commissioner to ask for new investigation into Gerry Adams(Image: PA)The letter was written under the headline: “Subject: Request for review of evidence aired in the civil proceedings against Gerry Adams in the High Court in London.”They “ask that this letter be treated as a formal request for review and referred without delay to the appropriate senior investigating officers and counter-terrorism specialists”.‌It read: “Dear Commissioner, We write as family members of victims of IRA bombings in London: Ihsan Bashir, brother of Inam Bashir, who was killed alongside John Jeffries in the Docklands bombing; Sarah Butt, sister-in-law of Paul Butt, killed in the Baltic Exchange bombing; and Susan Dodd, daughter of Inspector Stephen Dodd, killed in the Harrods bombing.View 7 ImagesIhsan Bashir, brother of IR...