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La famiglia Finucane: “Il governo britannico ci ha umiliato”

Finucanes ‘put record straight’

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane say they have been “privately misled and publically humiliated by the Government”.

Murales per Pat FinucaneThey have hit out at Prime Minister David Cameron and NI Secretary of State Owen Paterson, who told them there would be a review into allegations of collusion between the killers and security forces in the 1989 murder during a meeting at 10 Downing Street.

The Finucanes claim negotiations with NIO officials over the last year led them to believe they would get the independent public inquiry they had been campaigning for.

Mr Finucane’s widow, Geraldine, said: “We believe a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane would be a force for good and not a long-running and open-ended waste of money. It would clear a lot of poisonous air left behind”.

Family lawyer Peter Madden described the meeting in London as “disgraceful” and “outrageous”.

“In fact after the family gave their very strong views, David Cameron and Owen Paterson scampered out of the room… scampered out of the room! And we were left sitting there. I’ve just never seen anything like it in my life. It’s bizarre,” he said.

Earlier this week, Mrs Finucane explained she was hopeful and optimistic before the meeting, and believes the plug was pulled “at the last minute.”

Pat Finucane was gunned down by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his wife and children in his north Belfast home 22 years ago.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Mr Paterson said the Government accepted there was state collusion in the murder.

He told MPs the Government was “deeply sorry at what happened.”

“We do not need a statutory inquiry to tell us that there was collusion. We accept that and my apology in the House today reflects this. The task now is to uncover the details of this murder,” he said.

Mr Paterson said he was confident the independent review will uncover the truth about what happened.

The 18-month long review led by Sir Desmond De Silva into the circumstances of the murder is expected to cost £1.5m.

The family will now meet with Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Dublin on Monday, after reiterating they will not support the review.

On Friday an NIO spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister invited the family to Downing Street to apologise in person. The Secretary of State set out the Government’s position in his statement on Wednesday”.

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René Querin

Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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