Geraldine Finucane, widow of Pat Finucane, issued the following statement this afternoon after the legal representatives of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland wrote to the Court of Appeal seeking additional time to provide its full response to the Court of Appeal judgment delivered on 11 July 2024:
“The request by the UK Government for further time to consider their position regarding the outstanding inquiry into the murder of my husband is another frustrating delay.
“My family and I have had to tolerate many delays over the course of the last 35 years and all of them were frustrating.
“However, this is a serious matter that requires careful deliberation.
“If the UK Government needs further time to come to a considered decision, then I will not object to a reasonable period being allowed for this to happen.
“However, my position remains that a statutory Public Inquiry is the only mechanism capable of exposing the truth behind my husband’s murder.
“My family and I do not accept that processes without statutory powers of compulsion, such as ICRIR, are capable of achieving the required outcome in this case.”
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