Widow of Pat Finucane loses legal challenge against British Government

The widow of solicitor Pat Finucane has lost her challenge against the Government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into his murder by loyalist paramilitaries.

Widow of Pat Finucane loses legal challenge against British Government

The widow of solicitor Pat Finucane has lost her challenge against the Government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into his murder by loyalist paramilitaries.

Geraldine Finucane, who witnessed the shooting, had appealed against a 2015 judicial ruling that the decision taken by then Prime Minister David Cameron in 2011 was lawful.

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