Ex-UN rapporteur regrets 'not saving Nelson's life'

EVIDENCE: Former UN rapporteur Param Cumaraswamy leaves the Rosemary Nelson Inquiry in Belfast where he expressed his personal regret over the deaths of Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson MAIN PICTURE: Colm O’Reilly

A leading human rights lawyer from the United Nations has expressed deep regret that he had been unable to save the life of solicitor Rosemary Nelson.
Former UN special rapporteur Dr Param Cumaraswamy was giving evidence yesterday at the public inquiry into the events surrounding the murder of the mother-of-three, who was killed when a bomb exploded under her car in Lurgan in March 1999.

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