Finucane widow fights for public probe into killing

THE go-ahead was given yesterday for the widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane to challenge the British Government’s failure to set up a public inquiry into the killing.

Geraldine Finucane was granted leave to apply for a judicial review in the Northern Ireland High Court through which she hopes to force the British Government to set up an inquiry into the murder 15 years ago.

Mr Finucane was shot dead in front of his family by the loyalist Ulster Freedom Fighters in his north Belfast home. There have been constant allegations on security force collusion in the murder.