unfortunately, too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation. and the impact of them continues to be seen. on the 30th anniversary of stephen s murder, commissioner sir mark rowley apologised for our failings, and i repeat that apology today. there was more than two people who was at the scene on the night that they murdered my son. all of them should be in prison, doing time. after so many police failings, will there ever be fulljustice for stephen lawrence? and daniel is here now. everyone accepts the first investigation was thoroughly bungled, but there have been so many opportunities over the years for the police to do what you have just done. why haven t they? a, police to do what you have ust done. why haven t they? a question i have asked myself done. why haven t they? a question i have asked myself a done. why haven t they? a question i have asked myself a lot done. why haven t they? a question i have asked myself a lot when - done. why haven t they? a questio
note from 1993 in a met database. i ve obtained that note, which contained a vital lead, buried by the met. it said matthew white s stepfather had told a detective his stepson wasn t telling police everything. but the note named the wrong stepfather white had two. clive driscoll, who d caught two of stephen s killers, found the right stepfather two decades after he tried to speak to police. i said, i m detective chief inspector clive driscoll. i ve come to talk to you about the stephen lawrence murder. to which he said, you re rushing thisjob, aren t you, officer? he actually said that to me. the stepfather said matthew white admitted being present during the murder, and that white had said that stephen deserved it. the macpherson inquiry in 1998 examined how white was handled. police provided the note naming the wrong stepfather.
clive driscoll, who d caught two of stephen s killers, found the right stepfather two decades after he tried to speak to police. i said, i m detective chief inspector clive driscoll. i ve come to talk to you about the stephen lawrence murder. to which he said, you re rushing thisjob, aren t you, officer? he actually said that to me. the stepfather said matthew white admitted being present during the murder, and that white had said that stephen deserved it. the macpherson inquiry in 1998 examined how white was handled. police provided the note naming the wrong stepfather. i found that absolutely shocking, staggering, that wrong information would be fed into the inquiry. i ve discovered that in 2000, detectives spoke to a separate witness who saw white shortly after the murder. he said white admitted being there during the attack and playing a leading role in it.
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