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Independent police force to review Met’s handling of Stephen Lawrence case

Source: PA Media

An independent police force will review the Metropolitan Police’s handling of new evidence regarding the murder of Stephen Lawrence 30 years after his death, the mayor of London has said.

It comes after Met Commissioner Sir apologised to Mr Lawrence’s mother Baroness for not fulfilling a promise to answer questions stemming from a BBC investigation into the murder of the 18-year-old in 1993.

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