Its monday the 22nd april, our main story. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan Police Issued another apology for the way theyve handled the case. Stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to Doreen Lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. Daniel de simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness Doreen
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