John Finucane has rejected any suggestion his family has received preferential treatment with the granting of a public inquiry into his father's murder.Mr Finucane, a Sinn Fein MP for north Belfast, was responding to criticism voiced by unionist politicians of the Government's decision to establish an independent inquiry into the shooting of solicitor Pat Finucane by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989.Several unionist parties have questioned why the Finucane family has secured a potentially expensi

John Finucane has rejected any suggestion his family has received preferential treatment with the granting of a public inquiry into his father's murder.Mr Finucane, a Sinn Fein MP for north Belfast, was responding to criticism voiced by unionist politicians of the Government's decision to establish an independent inquiry into the shooting of solicitor Pat Finucane by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989.Several unionist parties have questioned why the Finucane family has secured a potentially expensive public inquiry into their loved one's killing, while hundreds of other families bereaved during the Troubles have failed to obtain similar investigations in their cases.Mr Finucane, also a solicitor, said the treatment of his family over the 35 years since his father's death could not be described as preferential.