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| Pat Finucane murder: Widow loses inquiry challenge against PM | Pat Finucane murder: Widow loses inquiry challenge against PM |
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| The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane have lost a legal challenge against the prime minister over his refusal to hold a public inquiry. | |
| Mr Finucane's widow Geraldine launched a judicial review against David Cameron at the High Court in Belfast. | Mr Finucane's widow Geraldine launched a judicial review against David Cameron at the High Court in Belfast. |
| She has always insisted that the truth about the killing by loyalists needs to be uncovered. | She has always insisted that the truth about the killing by loyalists needs to be uncovered. |
| Mr Cameron agreed to a review of the case by Sir Desmond de Silva QC in 2012 but stopped short of a public inquiry. | Mr Cameron agreed to a review of the case by Sir Desmond de Silva QC in 2012 but stopped short of a public inquiry. |
| Mr Justice Stephens is now outlining his full judgement in the judicial review. | Mr Justice Stephens is now outlining his full judgement in the judicial review. |
| The murder of the high-profile solicitor remains one of the most controversial killings of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. | |
| The 39-year-old was shot dead in front of his wife and their young children in their north Belfast home in February 1989. | |
| The shooting was carried out by the loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Freedom Fighters, but his family have led a long campaign in a bid to expose the state's involvement in the killing. | |
| Three years ago, his family opposed the prime minister's decision to appoint Sir Desmond de Silva to undertake a legal review of documents in the murder case. | |
| The de Silva review confirmed that UK state agents had colluded in the loyalist murder. | |
| Sir Desmond found that, while there were "shocking levels of state collusion" in facilitating the killing, there was no "overarching state conspiracy". | |
| Mrs Finucane dismissed his report as a "whitewash" that had blamed only "dead witnesses" and "defunct agencies". | |
| "Serving personnel and active state departments appear to have been excused," the widow said in 2012. | |
| "The dirt has been swept under the carpet without any serious attempt to lift the lid on what really happened to Pat and so many others." |