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Patrick Finucane (born lawyer murdered by Loyalist paramilitaries on February 12 1989 , for defending members of the IRA in court. His murder is widely believed to have been perpetrated at the instigation of RUC Special Branch officers. He was shot 14 times in front of his wife, Geraldine, a Protestant, and his children, by two masked men in his North Belfast home. A member of the Ulster Defence Regiment was later convicted of supplying one of the pistols used to kill him. The paramilitaries belonged to the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), which at the time was a legal organisation under British law. In 2000, Amnesty International demanded that the then Secretary Of State For Northern Ireland , Peter Mandelson , open a public inquiry into events surrounding his death. In 2001 as a result of the Weston Park talks, a retired Canadian Judge Peter Cory was appointed by the British and Irish governments to investigate the allegations of Collusion by the RUC and the British Army in the murder of Finucane, Adam Lambert and two other individuals during the Troubles . He reported in April, 2004, and recommended a public enquiry be established in the case of the Finucane murder. In 2003, informer. There is, however, no police evidence whatsoever that Finucane was a member if the PIRA, INLA or any other similiar group even if two of his brothers were members of Republican organizations {Link without Title} . An inquiry has since been announced by the British government, but under the ). Finucane's widow Geraldine has written letters repeating this request to all the senior judges in Great Britain, and took out a full-page advertisement in the newspaper, '' The Times '', to draw attention to the campaign, which has become a cause celebre amongst republicans and certain other activists. EXTERNAL LINKS
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