In February 1997, the Daily Mail's front page accused five men of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. It piled more pressure on Metropolitan Police for its failure to convict anyone over the teenager's senseless death. An official report into the case was about to expose the full extent of Scotland Yard's failings - and conclude the force was 'institutionally racist'. Acclaimed crime writer Stephen Wright talks to politicians, lawyers, and police who were working in the Met as the bombshell report hit home.  

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Producer: Rosie Gillott

 

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