Volume I of the Finucane report: contents and guides

Volume I contains the review's narrative and conclusions. The chapter titles below are those used in the official report; page numbers refer to the printed volume. Each title links to our guide.

	Section	Page
	Foreword	1
	Executive Summary and Principal Conclusions	3
1	Background to this Review	25
2	The historical and political context	49
3	Intelligence structures	59
4	Agent-handling	68
5	Action taken by the security forces to tackle loyalist terrorism	94
6	The recruitment of Brian Nelson	98
7	The activities of Brian Nelson 1987–89	118
8	Accountability in the Nelson case	180
9	The response of the RUC to threat intelligence	231
10	The recruitment and handling of William Stobie	246
11	The flow of information from members of the security forces to the UDA	250
12	Overview of the murder of Patrick Finucane	275
13	The theft of the UDR weapon in 1987	277
14	The comments made by Douglas Hogg MP	282
15	Security Service propaganda initiatives	293
16	The response to threat intelligence relating to Patrick Finucane	303
17	The failure to take action against the West Belfast UDA prior to the murder of Patrick Finucane	319
18	Allegations that RUC officers encouraged the murder of Patrick Finucane	329
19	Allegations that RUC officers facilitated the murder of Patrick Finucane	342
20	The role of Thomas 'Tucker' Lyttle and his relationship with RUC officers	365
21	Brian Nelson and the murder of Patrick Finucane	377
22	William Stobie and the murder of Patrick Finucane	416
23	The response of the State to the murder of Patrick Finucane	429
24	The Stevens I Investigation and the prosecution of Brian Nelson	453
25	Allegations that Government Ministers sanctioned collusive activity	495

The official full text, including both volumes, is on GOV.UK.

Sources

GOV.UK: The Report of the Patrick Finucane Review (HC 802, 12 December 2012)