Stephen Lawrence’s father seeks to overturn decision to end active murder hunt
Met police chief announces there are no further lines of inquiry into murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993
The father of Stephen Lawrence will attempt to overturn a decision by Scotland Yard to end the active hunt for his son’s murderers, saying it would leave racist killers out on the streets.
Neville Lawrence was speaking after the Metropolitan police shifted the status of its search for at least three white men who were part of the gang that attacked Stephen, saying active work to catch them would cease. He and his ex-wife, Doreen, Stephen’s mother, expressed dismay at the decision.
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