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Pat Finucane: Murder to be examined in public inquiry

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Pat Finucane was shot in 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his wife and children.

Wife Geraldine said her family's fight to secure an independent public inquiry had been a "long journey" Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said the "exceptional reason" of outstanding and unfulfilled commitments by previous UK governments to establish a public inquiry meant it should proceed.

Pat Finucane was a defence solicitor who acted for high profile IRA members.

He was shot 14 times by two gunmen in 1989 and his wife, Geraldine , was wounded.

Inquest into his death police refuted claims he was in the IRA.

Sir Desmond 's report into his murder found there was agent involvement.

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English

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