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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Senior officer in Stephen Lawrence case was ‘corrupt’, Met document claims

Stephen Lawrence.
Stephen Lawrence was murdered by racist attackers in south-east London in 1993. Photograph: Photo News Service/Shutterstock

A former Scotland Yard intelligence chief should face a new investigation into alleged perjury, the mother of Stephen Lawrence has said, after the unearthing of documents claiming he was corrupt.

The concerns centre around former Metropolitan police commander Ray Adams, a senior officer in the area where Lawrence was stabbed to death in 1993. The BBC says a Met document from 2000 shows officers concluding Adams was corrupt.

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