Scotland Yard 'reviewing' fresh information into racist murder of Stephen Lawrence after new suspect named
Picture: Social media/Family HandoutScotland Yard is "reviewing" fresh information into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence after a new suspect was named.Mr Lawrence was stabbed to death in Eltham, south-east London, on April 22, 1993. A sixth suspect has now been named as Matthew White, who died in August 2021.
He was arrested and interviewed in March 2000 and in December 2013 and a file was submitted to prosecutors in May 2005 and October 2014. Reacting to the latest development, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Stephen’s mother, said there should be “serious sanctions” against the officers who failed to investigate White.
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