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

Stephen Lawrence’s father says he has forgiven killers but not Met police

Stephen Lawrence
Stephen Lawrence, 18, was stabbed to death by a gang at a bus stop in Eltham in 1993. Photograph: Photo News Service/Shutterstock

The father of Stephen Lawrence has said he has forgiven the racist killers of his son, but has yet to forgive the Metropolitan police for the failings that left them free.

In a comment piece for the Guardian, Neville Lawrence said his “grief has no ending” and told of his enduring pain to “identify the human cost” of the police’s failings.

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