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Sunday, 9 March 2014

Stephen Lawrence murder: Mother urges Met chief to take 'action'


BBC News

Stephen Lawrence's mother has demanded "decisive action" from the Metropolitan Police chief after a report concluded that officers had spied on her family.

The report on possible corruption and undercover policing in the murder case has prompted a judicial review.

In a letter to Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baroness Lawrence describes revelations as a "devastating blow" and urged him to co-operate fully with the inquiry. 

The Met Police commissioner has vowed to win back the public's trust.

He also said a new independent probe into police records would be commissioned.

Mr Lawrence was 18 when he was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack by a gang of white youths in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.

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