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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to the mother of Stephen Lawrence for not fulfilling a promise to answer questions stemming from a BBC investigation into the murder of the 18-year-old.

The broadcaster says Baroness Doreen Lawrence was promised an explanation after the BBC last year named Matthew White as the sixth suspect in the case.Despite initial correspondence with Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward, no update or explanation has been given.Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has now issued an apology, saying: "On top of the failures over the decades this is totally unacceptable.

Last June, the BBC named White, who died aged 50 in 2021, and outlined the bungled handling of the evidence against him.Two witnesses said White had confessed to being present during the attack, one of whom, his stepfather, was not spoken to by police until 20 years after the murder because officers had previously misidentified him.The Met said White was arrested twice in connection with the murder, but on both occasions there was not enough evidence for a prosecution.

 

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