in the treatment of her family by the criminaljustice system . our correspondent daniel de simone broke this story here s his report. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of those officers were bill ilsley and ian crampton, pictured here after being criticised by a landmark public inquiry 25 years ago. the others were brian weeden and his deputy ben bullock. prosecutors have been considering whether to charge the four with misconduct in a public office for investigative failures. the conclusion by pros
live from london. this is bbc news. a warm welcome on the tarmac amid concern in the us over the deepening ties between the two nuclear armed countries. the british billionaire john caudwell who donated half a million to the conservatives at the last election tells the bbc he s voting labour for the first time. police release a mugshot ofjustin timberlake after the singer was arrested on suspicion of driving while drunk. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. russia s president putin hasjust arrived in north korea on his first visit to the secretive state for 2h years. he landed in pyongyang a short time ago ahead of talks with north korea s leader kim jong un. the visit underlines the growing relationship between the two nuclear armed countries particularly since russia s invasion of ukraine. and it comes amid accusations from the united states that north korea has been supplying arms to russia for use in its war with ukraine something pyongyang denies. our diplomatic corres
in the treatment of her family by the criminaljustice system . our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here s his report. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of those officers were bill ilsley and ian crampton, pictured here after being criticised by a landmark public inquiry 25 years ago. the others were brian weeden and his deputy ben bullock. prosecutors have been considering whether to charge the four with misconduct in a public office for investigative failures. the conclusion by prosecutor