Metropolitan Police apologize to Stephen Lawrence’s mother for breaking promise

The Metropolitan Police have apologized to Stephen Lawrence’s mother for failing to provide information about a murder suspect.

Police admitted they had failed to fulfill a promise to Baroness Doreen Lawrence to answer questions about a suspect believed to be involved in the murder of her 18-year-old son.

Stephen Lawrence In April 1993, he was murdered by a gang of five or six racist attackers in south-east London as he ran to catch a bus with his friend Duwayne Brooks.

Only two men, Gary Dobson and David Norris, were ever brought to justice for their crimes. In 2012, the two were sentenced to life imprisonment.

BBC appoints Matthew White The sixth suspect in a murder case last June. He died in 2021 at the age of 50.

on Monday, meet the police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said police recognized “this is a particularly difficult time for the Lawrence family and Dwayne Brooks” and apologized.

“I am sorry that our failure to respond in a timely manner exacerbated the situation.

“On top of decades of failure, this is completely unacceptable.”

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