22 years for Finucane killer

Loyalist Ken Barrett has been sentenced to 22 years for the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

Solicitor Pat Finucane’s killer was jailed for minimum of 22 years at Belfast Crown Court today.

Ken Barrett, 41, a police informer, was told by Mr Justice Weir that he had been involved in a cruel, callous, cold and premeditated attack upon a defenceless man which had been carried out without compunction.