Finucanes to tell Blair they want replace all inquiry

The family of the Belfast solicitor Mr Patrick Finucane, who was killed by loyalist paramilitaries 11 years ago amid allegations…

The family of the Belfast solicitor Mr Patrick Finucane, who was killed by loyalist paramilitaries 11 years ago amid allegations of British security force collusion, will meet the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, today to "present him with the full facts" of Mr Finucane's death and call for an independent judicial inquiry.

Mr Finucane's son John said the family "is in no doubt that his death goes beyond who pulled the trigger and that darker forces were behind it and the subsequent cover-up that exists to this day".

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