BREAKING: Four retired Metropolitan Police officers will not face prosecution for 'misconduct' over Stephen Lawrence investigation
was killed by a gang of five or six racist attackers in southeast London as he made his way home with a friend in April 1993.
Just two of the murderers have faced justice. Gary Dobson and David Norris were jailed for life in 2012 after a trial that relied on tiny traces of forensic evidence. The CPS had been considering whether or not to charge four former Met detectives with misconduct in public office offences over the failings of the investigation.
But it announced today the three superintendents and one detective inspector will not face prosecution. The decision comes after the head of the Met said the investigation into the 1993 killing may never progressSir Mark Rowley, speaking to the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee, admitted errors made by detectives after the murder caused irreparable damage.
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