Finucane inquiry refusal upheld

A High Court judge has upheld British Prime Minister David Cameron's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the loyalist murder of Northern Ireland solicitor Pat Finucane.

Finucane inquiry refusal upheld

A High Court judge has upheld British Prime Minister David Cameron's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the loyalist murder of Northern Ireland solicitor Pat Finucane.

Rejecting a legal challenge brought by the murdered solicitor’s widow Geraldine, the senior judge told Belfast High Court that a full inquiry would be protracted, costly and could not be confined to specific narrow issues.

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