British government rules out inquiry into Pat Finucane murder

Solicitor Pat Finucane, who was shot dead by loyalists in front of his family at their north Belfast home on February 12, 1989. File Picture

The British Government has controversially ruled out a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, despite calls from the Irish Government to do so.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis said he had decided not to establish an inquiry but that the British Government remained committed to the process of reconciliation.