First hearing of Pat Finucane Inquiry to take place next month

Pat Finucane: Belfast solicitor, 39,was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association in an attack found by a series of probes to have involved collusion with the state

The first hearing of a public inquiry into the murder of prominent Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane is set to take place next month.

The 39-year-old was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association in an attack found by a series of probes to have involved collusion with the state.