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Baroness Lawrence ‘couldn’t believe’ smear claims
Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was killed in a racist attack in 1993, speaks to Jon Snow about her peerage and her shock about claims of a smear campaign in the wake of her son’s death.
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Baroness Doreen Lawrence: campaigner to be given peerage
Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen, is to be made a baroness and given a seat in the House of Lords in a new list of peerages to be published on Thursday.
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Stephen Lawrence family smear claims ‘hugely damaging’
The officer who led the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation tells Channel 4 News allegations of a smear campaign against the family are “shaming” and “hugely damaging”.
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Police ‘admit bugging’ friend of Stephen Lawrence
A former senior police officer tells Channel 4 News he authorised the recording of a meeting involving Duwayne Brookes, the friend who was with murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence when he died.
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Ex-chief constable Norman Bettison referred to IPCC
The Independent Police Complaints Commission begins assessing documents regarding allegations that a former chief constable may have tried to discredit a key witness to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.
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‘We did not target Stephen’s family’, says undercover boss
Bob Lambert, ex-deputy chief of a covert Met unit, says in an exclusive interview that “at no time” was his team involved with trying to smear the family of the murdered teenager, Stephen Lawrence.
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After Lawrence ‘smear’ claims, 13 questions for the Met
The mother of Stephen Lawrence is to meet the Metropolitan police commissioner to discuss issues arising out of the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary broadcast earlier this week.
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‘No attempt to smear Lawrence family’
Special Branch officer Roger Pearce refutes claims there were attempts to smear the family of the murdered black teenager, Stephen Lawrence. Paraic O’Brien reports, with analysis by Simon Israel.
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Stephen Lawrence family ‘targeted in police smear campaign’
David Cameron calls for an investigation into claims from an undercover officer that he was part of an operation to “smear” the family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.
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Stephen Lawrence witness appeal after 20 years
Police and the mother of murder victim Stephen Lawrence are appealing on the 20th anniversary of his death for witnesses to come forward.
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Lewisham named ‘least peaceful’ place in the UK
As Lewisham is named the most unsafe place in the country, a local councillor and friend of Stephen Lawrence says we need to focus on the young to beat crime.
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Stephen Lawrence’s brother lodges racism complaint
The brother of Stephen Lawrence has lodged a complaint against the Metropolitan police claiming that he was stopped up to 25 times because of his skin colour.
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Police review ‘corruption’ of Stephen Lawrence case
Fresh claims of corruption in the Stephen Lawrence murder case are to be reviewed by Scotland Yard and the police watchdog.
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Trayvon Martin’s parents visit Stephen Lawrence memorial
The parents of the murdered black American teenager Trayvon Martin have come to Britain to meet the family of Stephen Lawrence, and visit the spot where he was murdered in 1993.
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Serious convictions reviewed after forensics blunder
Convictions for murder and rape are to be reviewed because of a mistake at the forensics laboratory that handled DNA evidence in the Stephen Lawrence case.