Stephen Lawrence exclusive: how two gangs’ racist rivalry led to murder, the getaway and how the police were ‘bought’
To mark the 25th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s death, we republish here our exclusive three-part investigation into the background to his murder, based on detailed conversations with an individual associated with criminal underworld figures linked to the families of the men who killed him.
Lawrence killer’s dad tapped ‘bought and paid for’ police to shield gang (Part 3)
Why were the police so slow to move against the gang who murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993?
Two gangs’ racist rivalry lay behind Stephen Lawrence murder (Part 2)
Rivalry between two racist criminal gangs was the backdrop to the murder of Stephen Lawrence, we can reveal in the second part of our three-part exclusive investigation.
Stephen Lawrence: timeline
This timeline goes with our three-part investigation, with new information on how Stephen Lawrence’s killers escaped on the night of the murder and the racist criminal gangs of 1990s south east London.
Stephen Lawrence exclusive: the killers’ getaway and clean-up operation (Part 1)
It is almost exactly 21 years since black teenager Stephen Lawrence was murdered in an unprovoked racist attack on Well Hall Road, Eltham, south east London.