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07/10/2011
Finucane Family To Get Inquiry Soon?
It has been claimed today that the Prime Minister, David Cameron, is considering agreeing to some kind of investigative tribunal into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.
The family of Mr Finucane are to meet with the British Prime Minister next Tuesday to demand a full independent inquiry.
Mr Finucane's widow, Geraldine, said she will not settle for anything less than an inquiry that is public, effective and independent.
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Patterson will also meet with the family during next week's meeting.
He has said that the British Government will reach a decision about the Finucane case "soon" but it was "difficult and complex".
The Background
Mr Finucane, a Catholic solicitor, was shot dead by loyalists while eating his Sunday dinner in 1989.
His killing was one of the most controversial during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Finucane came to prominence due to successfully challenging the British Government over several important human rights cases in the 1980s.
Pat Finucane's best-known client was the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. He also represented other IRA and Irish National Liberation Army hunger strikers who died during the 1981 Maze prison protest, Brian Gillen and the widow of Gervaise McKerr, one of three men shot dead by the RUC in a so-called "shoot-to-kill" incident in 1982.
In 1988 he represented Pat McGeown who was charged in connection with the Corporals killings.
Mr Finucane was shot 14 times as he sat eating a meal at his Belfast home with his three children and wife, who was wounded in the attack.
His killing was widely suspected by human rights groups to have been perpetrated in collusion with officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and, in 2003, the British Government Steven's Report stated that the killing was indeed carried out with the collusion of police in Northern Ireland.
The Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF) claimed they killed the 39-year-old solicitor because he was a high-ranking officer in the IRA.
Police at his inquest said they had no evidence to support this claim. Finucane had represented republicans in many high profile cases, but he had also represented loyalists.
Several members of his family had republican links, but the family strongly denied Finucane was a member of the IRA
In September 2004 UDA member and security force informer, Ken Barrett, pleaded guilty to his murder.
(LB/BMcC)
The family of Mr Finucane are to meet with the British Prime Minister next Tuesday to demand a full independent inquiry.
Mr Finucane's widow, Geraldine, said she will not settle for anything less than an inquiry that is public, effective and independent.
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Patterson will also meet with the family during next week's meeting.
He has said that the British Government will reach a decision about the Finucane case "soon" but it was "difficult and complex".
The Background
Mr Finucane, a Catholic solicitor, was shot dead by loyalists while eating his Sunday dinner in 1989.
His killing was one of the most controversial during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Finucane came to prominence due to successfully challenging the British Government over several important human rights cases in the 1980s.
Pat Finucane's best-known client was the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. He also represented other IRA and Irish National Liberation Army hunger strikers who died during the 1981 Maze prison protest, Brian Gillen and the widow of Gervaise McKerr, one of three men shot dead by the RUC in a so-called "shoot-to-kill" incident in 1982.
In 1988 he represented Pat McGeown who was charged in connection with the Corporals killings.
Mr Finucane was shot 14 times as he sat eating a meal at his Belfast home with his three children and wife, who was wounded in the attack.
His killing was widely suspected by human rights groups to have been perpetrated in collusion with officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and, in 2003, the British Government Steven's Report stated that the killing was indeed carried out with the collusion of police in Northern Ireland.
The Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF) claimed they killed the 39-year-old solicitor because he was a high-ranking officer in the IRA.
Police at his inquest said they had no evidence to support this claim. Finucane had represented republicans in many high profile cases, but he had also represented loyalists.
Several members of his family had republican links, but the family strongly denied Finucane was a member of the IRA
In September 2004 UDA member and security force informer, Ken Barrett, pleaded guilty to his murder.
(LB/BMcC)
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