Even by the low standards of the so-called Troubles, the 1989 loyalist paramilitary murder of solicitor Pat Finucane in front of his wife and young family was a particularly heinous and heartless act.

His wife, Geraldine, deserves considerable credit for never giving up in the pursuit of truth. She’s a woman of remarkable tenacity. Her children, like many other child victims from our unnecessary and wasteful conflict, had their family life shattered by evil killers.

The hail of bullets fired didn’t just travel though the slain body of Mr Finucane - they travelled through time, and the pain still resonates.

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Those who pulled the trigger........

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