Stephen Lawrence: BBC names new suspect in UK’s most notorious racist murder

BBC News says A major suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder is publicly named today for the first time, after a BBC investigation.

He is Matthew White, who died in 2021, aged 50. The BBC has found the Met Police seriously mishandled key inquiries related to him.

In response, the Met has taken the almost unprecedented step of naming White as a suspect.

“Unfortunately, too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation,” says Scotland Yard.

“The impact of them continues to be seen,” reads the statement from Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward.

Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Stephen’s mother, said there should be “serious sanctions” against the police officers who failed to investigate White, following the BBC’s revelations.

“Only when police officers lose their jobs can the public have confidence that failure and incompetence will not be tolerated and that change will happen,” she said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65989993