Gerry Adams may have got more than he bargained for when he brought a compensation claim in the British courts.  Not only has the former Sinn Féin president failed to win a miscarriage of justice payout after his historic convictions for trying to escape from Long Kesh internment camp in the 1970s were overturned, but his case profoundly rattled victims of Provisional IRA (PIRA) violence. Enough to spur on three men injured by IRA bombs into bringing a civil claim against Adams alleging he was commander of the provos during its bombing campaign in Britain, a role he has consistently…

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