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The legacy of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence is one of hope and that change is possible, his parents have said. Neville and Doreen Lawrence made the comment 28 years to the day since their son was murdered in an unprovoked attack by a gang of racists in Eltham, south-east London, and as a public inquiry into shadowy undercover policing tactics held a minute’s silence in his memory. They said: “Despite the brutal circumstances of Stephen’s death, those left behind have campaigned to ensure that his legacy is ultimately one of hope, reminding us that change is both much needed b...

Latest phase of public inquiry into undercover policing set to begin The next phase of the undercover policing inquiry is set to begin (PA) The latest series of hearings in the public inquiry into undercover policing is due to begin on Wednesday. Witnesses including Piers Corbyn and Lord Peter Hain are expected to give evidence during the next three-and-a-half weeks, during which the inquiry will focus on police activity between 1973 and 1982. The Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) was set up in 2015 to look at the activities of two shadowy police units after condemnation of undercover tactic...

By Press Association 2021 New Scotland Yard sign The Metropolitan Police has repeated apologies for controversial tactics used by undercover officers as a public inquiry into the secret practices continues. The latest series of hearings in the public inquiry into undercover policing began on Wednesday, looking at the activities of the force’s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) between 1973 and 1982. During the next three-and-a-half weeks, the inquiry will hear evidence on the first times that undercover officers had sexual relationships...

Sexual activity between undercover police officers and members of the public who did not know their true identities was “not uncommon” from the mid-1970s, a public inquiry has heard. David Barr QC told the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) that some officers in the then all-male Metropolitan Police Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) would make jokes about intimate relationships in front of managers. No written instructions have been found governing sexual relationships by officers in the shadowy unit, but the inquiry heard that there is evidence that, between 1972 and 1983, at least five ...

Stephen Lawrence The public inquiry into undercover policing is set to mark Stephen Lawrence Day with a minute's silence in memory of the murdered teenager. Undercover officers spied on the justice campaign for the 18-year-old, who was murdered by a gang of racists in Eltham, south east London, in 1993. Incompetence, alleged corruption and racism in the police meant that it took nearly 20 years to convict two of his killers, while the remaining three have never been brought to justice. Doreen Lawrence and her son Stuart at a memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar S...