Diplomat may face prosecution in Finucane case

A British diplomat at the centre of a major police investigation into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane may face prosecution, it was revealed today.

Metropolitan Commissioner John Stevens confirmed his inquiry team was preparing papers on Brigadier Gordon Kerr, the British Military Attaché in Beijing.

Mr Kerr was questioned by Steven's officers late last year in relation to his role as the head of a secret army intelligence unit at the time Mr Finucane was shot dead by the Ulster Defence Association in February 1989.

The murder has been dogged by allegations that the Loyalist gunmen colluded with the security forces.

As he appealed for paramilitary members to come forward in a bid to help his investigations, Stevens said: “Prosecution papers are being prepared in relation to Gordon Kerr.”

The police chief also disclosed that papers on other police and army officers, both current and retired, will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.