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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Henry Vaughan

Stephen Lawrence murder suspect Jamie Acourt to be freed from prison in weeks

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A suspect in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence will be freed from prison in weeks despite failing to pay back any of the £90,000 he made from a £3m drugs plot.

Jamie Acourt, 46, who spent more than two years on the run in Spain under the alias Simon Alfonzo, will be released on 3 November after serving half his nine-year sentence.

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