Stephen Lawrence Case

Yard cleared over BBC claims in Lawrence case
13^th October 2007

Scotland Yard yesterday attacked the BBC's standards and ethics after an official report found no evidence to support allegations in a BBC documentary that the force covered up claims that a corrupt officer thwarted the hunt for Stephen Lawrence's murderers.
The Guardian has learned that the Independent Police Complaints Commission report will exonerate the Yard over BBC claims that the Metropolitan police kept vital testimony about a corrupt officer from the public inquiry into why the first murder investigation was bungled.
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'No corruption' in Lawrence case
13^th October 2007
Claims that the first police probe into the murder of black 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was hindered by a corrupt officer are unfounded, a watchdog says.
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Lawrence Inquiry history & film clips:
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The Stephen Lawrence Q&A
Who is Stephen Lawrence?
Stephen Lawrence was an 18-year-old sixth form student who was stabbed to death in Eltham, south London, on the night of April 22, 1993. It soon became clear that the murder was motivated by racism.
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