Finucane widow dismisses 'whitewash' report

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today dismissed the report into his death by Desmond de Silva as "a sham... a whitewash... a confidence trick", telling a London press conference: "This report is not the truth."

Finucane widow dismisses 'whitewash' report

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today dismissed the report into his death by Desmond de Silva as "a sham... a whitewash... a confidence trick", telling a London press conference: "This report is not the truth."

Renewing her call for a full public inquiry into her husband's 1989 death, Geraldine Finucane said that the British government had suppressed the truth and attempted to throw all blame on dead individuals and disbanded organisations while exonerating ministers, serving officers and existing security agencies.

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