‘Monumental day’ for family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane at public inquiry

Geraldine Finucane, the widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane speaking to the media outside Bradford Court in south Belfast (Rebecca Black/PA) - (PA Wire)

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has hailed the first day of a long-campaigned for public inquiry into his death as “monumental”.

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.