Gerry Adams 'Questioned For 17 Hours A Day'

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is being questioned for up to 17 hours a day during his interrogation by police in Northern Ireland, Sky News understands.

Mr Adams is undergoing a fourth day of questioning after being arrested in connection with the 1972 murder of mother-of-10 Jean McConville.

Sources close to the 65-year-old have told Sky News Ireland Correspondent David Blevins that "most of the questions are about IRA membership".

On Friday, officers were granted another 48 hours to quiz the Sinn Fein leader at Antrim police station. They must now charge or release him by 8pm tonight.

Sky's Blevins said: "Perhaps police could send a file to the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland and let them decide.

"There is one other option... detectives could go back to the High Court and make another application to extend the period of detention. In other words, ask for more time."

Martin McGuinness says the arrest is politically motivated

Mr Adams vehemently denies allegations that he ordered the murder of Ms McConville.

His party colleague Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has alleged some people in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are "hostile" to the peace process.

Speaking on Saturday at the unveiling of a mural of Mr Adams in Belfast, he claimed they were "using dirty tricks" and "deliberately and cynically exploiting" the killing of Ms McConville.

Mr McGuinness has claimed a "cabal" within the PSNI is behind the arrest, with the intention of damaging the process and inflicting political scars on Sinn Fein in the upcoming local government and EU elections.

But Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford told Sky News: "I see no evidence that there's political policing in Northern Ireland.

"I do see evidence of a lot of politicians trying to politically interfere with what's being done by policing."

Sinn Fein has warned it will review its support for the police if the veteran leader is charged but Mr McGuinness said he and colleagues would not be making a "knee-jerk" decision.

However, he suggested they would "reflect" on their endorsement of the PSNI if such a situation came to pass.

Michael McConville says he knows who killed his mother

No one has ever been charged with the murder of 37-year-old Mrs McConville, who was snatched from her home in front of her children. Her body was finally discovered in 2003 on a beach 50 miles from her home.

Mrs McConville's son, Michael McConville, told Sky News he knows who killed his mother but would never tell police for fear his children or other members of his family would be shot.

But his elder sister, Helen McKendry, has told journalists she no longer feared reprisals and is prepared to name the people responsible.

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