Stephen Lawrence: ‘Imaginative’ experts helped convict killers, scientist says

Undated family handout file photo of Stephen Lawrence. Four former police officers involved in the early stages of the original Stephen Lawrence murder investigation may face criminal charges. (Picture: PA Media)

The vital piece of evidence which helped convict two of Stephen Lawrence’s killers was discovered due to the tenacity of the experts who were “clever” and “imaginative enough to find it”, a forensic scientist on the case has said.

Professor Angela Gallop returned to the Stephen Lawrence investigation in 2006 after having first reviewed the forensic evidence in the race-hate case in 1995.