Finucane murder inquiry to examine role of British State

Pat Finucane Inquiry to consider 'extent killers were assisted by state'

The 39-year-old solicitor was shot dead at his home in north Belfast by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his wife and children in February 1989.

Finucane inquiry to assess if state forces ‘used UDA as proxy’ to murder lawyer

Pat Finucane was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association.

Finucane murder inquiry to examine role of British State

An inquiry into the murder of solicitor Patrick Finucane has been told that the extent to which his killers were encouraged, assisted, protected or directed by the British State is the most serious question in a society governed by the rule of law.