THE widow of murdered Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane vowed to fight on yesterday after judges rejected an inquiry into alleged police collusion.

Geraldine Finucane, who witnessed the shooting, had appealed against a 2015 judicial ruling that the decision taken by British then prime minister David Cameron in 2011 was lawful.

But Court of Appeal judges in Belfast rejected her challenge.

Mr Finucane, who represented a number of high-profile republicans, was shot dead in front of his wife and three children at their north Belfast home in 1989.

Security forces allegedly colluded with the loyalist paramilitary group Ulster Defence Association, which committed the murder.

In their ruling, the Court of Appeal judges acknowledged that a pledge to hold an inquiry had been made.

But they upheld the government’s right to balance this with factors of public interest such as the cost of a fullblown inquiry.

Ms Finucane said: “There is definitely unfinished business, which the court highlighted today.”

She refused to rule out appealing to the British Supreme Court in London.

“There are many of us who are seeking truth and justice in different ways,” she said.

Communist Party of Ireland executive committee member Joe Bowers said: “It’s clear to everyone that the refusal of the British government to be transparent in its historic activities during our troubled past is at least a contributory factor to the hindrance of the whole community being able to build a united future.”