Police informer to stand trial over lawyer's murder

Self-confessed police informer William Stobie is to stand trial later this year for his alleged role in the murder more than a decade ago of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane.

Police informer to stand trial over lawyer's murder
Fri, 07 Sep, 2001 - 14:23

Self-confessed police informer William Stobie is to stand trial later this year for his alleged role in the murder more than a decade ago of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane.

Mr Finucane, a leading Catholic lawyer, was gunned down in front of his family in his north Belfast home in February 1989.

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