'Disgrace' retired detectives will not be charged, says mother of Stephen Lawrence
The mother of Stephen Lawrence says she is "bitterly disappointed" that four retired detectives who ran a failed investigation into her son's murder will not face criminal charges.
"Not a single police officer has been disciplined or will be charged" over the investigation, she said, adding: "In my opinion the police have, yet again, got away 'scot-free'." Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said he did not "underestimate the impact" the CPS decision would have and recognised the strength of feeling still felt about Stephen's murder and the initial handling of the case by the police.
In 1999 a public inquiry led by Sir William Macpherson said the first Lawrence murder investigation was "marred by a combination of professional incompetence, institutional racism and a failure of leadership by senior officers". The investigation, which was carried out by the National Crime Agency on behalf of the IOPC, followed an official review by barrister Mark Ellison KC, which said there were outstanding lines of inquiry into allegations that Mr Davidson was in a corrupt relationship with the father of David Norris, one of Stephen's killers.
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