Decision not to hold inquiry into Pat Finucane murder 'arrogant and cruel'

Pat Finucane, a 39-year-old solicitor who represented both republican and loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles, was shot dead in his family home in north Belfast in February 1989. File picture.

The British government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Pat Finucane has been branded “a disgrace” by his family.

Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis controversially ruled out a public inquiry into the murder of Mr Finucane.