Stephen Lawrence murder: will there be another criminal enquiry?

National Crime Agency considers new investigation as father of the stabbed teenager forgives killers

Stephen Lawrence
A review of the investigation of Stephen Lawrence’s murder found the Met Police to be ‘institutionally racist’

The National Crime Agency is considerating launching a new investigation into the Stephen Lawrence case, 25 years after the teenager was stabbed to death, according to media reports.

Lawrence, 18, was attacked by at least five white youths in Eltham, southeast London, on 22 April 1993, in what has become one of the most high-profile racially motivated killings in the UK. It wasn’t until 2012 that two members of the gang were convicted for their part in the murder.

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