Geraldine Finucane appeals for Judges not to sit on Inquiry
14th April 2005 --
Geraldine Finucane, widow of murdered solicitor Pat
Finucane, has personally written to all Senior Judges in England, Scotland and
Wales to express her concerns about the new Inquiries Act. She has also asked
each judge to indicate to the government, if asked, that he or she would not be
prepared to accept appointment to an Inquiries Act Inquiry into the murder of
her husband.
In her
letter to the judges Mrs Finucane points out that, such are their concerns
about the new Inquiries Act, that Judge Peter Cory and Lord Saville of Newdigate
have indicated that they would not be prepared to sit on any Inquiry set up
under that Act. She concludes:
"In view of these considerations I write to request that, if
approached to serve on an Inquiries Act Inquiry into my husband's murder, you,
like Lord Saville and Judge Cory refuse to accept such an appointment."
Mrs Finucane has placed a full page
notice in the
The Times, London on 14th April 2005.
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