Stephen Lawrence report: Met chief says force 'devastated'

Home Secretary launches inquiry into undercover policing following 'profoundly shocking' report

Stephen Lawrence
Stephen Lawrence was killed in a racially motivated attack in 1993
(Image credit: 2012 Metropolitan Police)

SIR Bernard Hogan-Howe, the head of the Metropolitan Police, has said that the force will be devastated by a damning report into undercover operations conducted against the family of Stephen Lawrence.

An independent review found yesterday that police had spied on the family of the teenager, who was murdered more than two decades ago.

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