7 h. ago Neville Lawrence welcomes chance for undercover police evidence to be aired

Metropolitan Police spies infiltrated groups supporting the justice campaign for murdered Stephen Lawrence in the 1990s.

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49 h. ago Mother of Stephen Lawrence brands killer ‘coward’ at parole hearing

A parole hearing is under way for David Norris, 49, who was convicted of Stephen’s murder in 2011 and jailed the following year.

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54 h. ago Lawrence killer ‘unreliable narrator of his own life’, prison psychologist finds

A parole hearing is taking place to decide whether David Norris, one of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence, should be released from prison.

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3 d. ago Stephen Lawrence’s killer apologises but does not discuss other gang members

David Norris spoke publicly on Tuesday for the first time about the murder in 1993.

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3 d. ago Family of Stephen Lawrence urge parole panel not to release his killer

A hearing is taking place to decide whether David Norris, 49, can be freed from jail.

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3 d. ago Stephen Lawrence's killer must name other racist gang members before being released from prison, his father says

Neville Lawrence, 83, is preparing for David Norris, 49, to appear before a parole board for the first time to plead for his freedom.

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3 d. ago Stephen Lawrence’s father calls for killer to name names before jail release

Neville Lawrence, 83, is preparing for David Norris, 49, to appear before a parole board for the first time to plead for his freedom

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3 d. ago Stephen Lawrence’s father says killer should name others before parole considered

Neville Lawrence, 83, is preparing for David Norris, now 49, to appear for first time to plead for his freedomStephen Lawrence’s father says one of his son’s killers should name the other members of the gang who murdered him before being considered for parole.Neville Lawrence, 83, is preparing for David Norris to appear before a Parole Board for the first time to plead for his freedom. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Stephen Lawrence’s father calls for killer to name names before being released

Neville Lawrence, 83, is preparing for David Norris, 49, to appear before a parole board for the first time to plead for his freedom.

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5 d. ago Stephen Lawrence's dad accuses Met Police of failing to recognise 'racism problem'

Neville Lawrence, the father of knife attack victim Stephen Lawrence, has called on the Met Police to acknowledge issues within the force such as racism and corruption

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6 d. ago Met Police sergeant at Charing Cross police station is arrested after undercover footage revealed racism and misogyny behind closed doors

The Met has confirmed that a sergeant attached to the Central West Basic Command Unit was arrested following an 'incident' on Thursday October 2.

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7 d. ago ‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies

Unlike his fellow basketball player, Brittney Griner, Jarred Shaw has received scant attention after being arrested for a drugs offence overseasWhen Jarred Shaw, an American basketball player in Indonesia, stepped down to the lobby in his apartment complex earlier this year to collect a package containing illegally imported cannabis gummies, he thought that the medicine to ease his Crohn’s disease had arrived.It had – but so too had 10 undercover police officers. A video on social media shows Shaw, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, shouting for help as the swarm of officers move to apprehend him.The Indonesian National Police did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The five most shocking revelations from BBC Panorama documentary exposing Met police misconduct

An undercover documentary exposed Met Police officers exhibiting racism, misogyny and Islamophobia

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8 d. ago Panorama special pulled off air as BBC One suffers broadcasting error

Viewers were left confused after the Undercover in the Police special was cut off midway through and a random man appeared on screen with headphones on

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8 d. ago BBC One suffers live error as Panorama special pulled off air

BBC One viewers were left confused as BBC One appeared to suffer a technical fault midway through Panorama's Undercover in the Police special, cutting away to Newsnight by mistake

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8 d. ago 'Either put a bullet through his head or deport him': Undercover Met Police footage shows officers calling for migrants to be shot, dismissing rape claims and revelling in the use of force

The head of Scotland Yard issued a public apology today ahead of a damning documentary showing a cadre of officers behaving in an 'appalling criminal way.'

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8 d. ago Met boss condemns ‘reprehensible’ police officer calling for shooting of immigrants in undercover TV exposé

Sir Mark Rowley vowed to rid the force of staff abusing their positions within weeks of BBC Panorama’s broadcast

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9 d. ago Met chief condems ‘reprehensible’ police officers calling for shooting of immigrants in undercover TV exposé

Sir Mark Rowley vowed to rid the force of staff abusing their positions within weeks of BBC Panorama’s broadcast

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9 d. ago Why the BBC went undercover in the Met Police to investigate claims of racism and misogyny

Why the BBC went undercover in the Met Police to investigate claims of racism and misogyny  BBC

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1 week ago My mother was shot by the police – and that bullet changed everything

Lee Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was paralysed during a botched police raid. It was the end of his childhood and the start of his fight for her life and legacyWhen Lee Lawrence’s son, Brandon, picked him up from hospital after a minor operation recently, Brandon thought he saw a car following them. Lawrence looked round and told his son he didn’t think it was anything to worry about. But then the car – which turned out to be an undercover police vehicle – put its siren on. It overtook them and did a hard stop. “I expected to see guns come out next,” says Lawrence. “I thought: ‘What the hell is going on?’ I got upset. My son was trying to calm me down, because I was thinking: ‘How could this be happening to my son?’”Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot and paralysed in 1985 by an armed police officer during a botched raid on her home. Community fury over Groce’s shooting would spark a two-day uprising in Brixton, south London. Continue reading...

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