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Tue 06 Jun 2007Soldiers or police will not face Finucane chargesNo former or serving British soldier or RUC or PSNI officer will be charged in connection with the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, the North's Public Prosecution Service has decided.While the Stevens inquiry found that there was British army and RUC collusion with loyalist paramilitaries at about the period of Mr Finucane's murder, the prosecution service yesterday said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute anyone.