New evidence from the Stevens inquiry has emerged which proves that a gun used in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was handed back to the British Army by the RUC.
The previously unpublished papers highlight collusion between the Ulster police force, then known as the RUC, and the loyalist terrorists who killed Finucane in 1989.
The Irish Independent reports that the new details have emerged about the links between the RUC and the loyalist killers who targeted the 38-year-old.
The paper says that a previously unseen chapter from the Stevens Inquiry stated a Browning pistol was recovered by police but then given back to the British Army.
The loyalist killers had originally stolen the weapon from the British Army.
Finucane’s son Michael told the paper: “Unfortunately, many other families are in a similar position to ourselves where they are finding out after the fact because the material has been held back for so long.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.pilib04 | Dec 13, 2012, 06:19 PM EST
I see Phlutie is off his meds again.
IrelandNorth | Dec 12, 2012, 08:40 AM EST
Paradigm! ALL human life is sacred. Descendants of Anglo-Scot planter/settlers as much as the land dispossessed agrarian Irish peasantry. PhlutiePhan! It's not in the gift of Britain to allow anything for the Irish in Ireland or elsewhere. Democratic liberty is a fundamental human right not in the gift of imperialists, as your Irish ancestors knew painfully too well.
seamus60 | Dec 10, 2012, 07:28 PM EST
PhlutiePhan. Take a look at the reforms Gerrys party are helping through and then call him or his party socialists.. They don`t even call for a socialist democratic Republic any more and the word socialist has all but dissappeared from their paperwork. Its all about the money now and SF feel right at home when dealing with multinationals who will always suck the wee man dry.
curtisjohnson | Dec 10, 2012, 04:40 PM EST
" The loyalist killers had originally stolen the weapon from the British Army" Yeah right, it was "stolen." lol.
seanomelb | Dec 10, 2012, 04:36 PM EST
Phlutie gives his assurance that Britain worked hard for an independent Ireland.They must have forgotten to tell their terrorist army in Ireland. Your the most ignorant poster on this site phlutie.
PhlutiePhan | Dec 10, 2012, 01:30 PM EST
As a Catholic Navy vet with service in the Mediterranean, I can assure you that the Brits have worked for some time to allow an independent Irish Republic. The problem has been with the socialists under the tutelage of Gerry Adams. It is all about world socialism (Malachi Martin) and the destruction of the "opiate of the people". It is no coincidence that Hillary is in town. She is not running for U.S. president but for the right to have the entire world as her oyster. She is a radical thespian on the world stage.
seamus60 | Dec 10, 2012, 12:41 PM EST
Paradigm. Rewriting history of rendering it truthfully ? The point of collusion is rightfully in a league of its own. When the lawmakers become the law breakers ,whats left ?
Paradigm | Dec 10, 2012, 11:31 AM EST
Remember it was John Hume who pointed out that the PIRA had killed more Catholics than loyalist paramilitaries, army and police combined - so why all this attempt to re-write history? Was Finucane, from a committed PIRA family, more important than the Catholic policeman killed coming out of Mass at the Gran near Enniskillen or the Judges daughter leaving Mass in Belfast?
lecorri | Dec 10, 2012, 11:06 AM EST
And this comes as a surprise to whom???