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Parents of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence ‘losing confidence’ in the Spycops inquiry
Neville Lawrence, the father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, and undercover policing tactics victim Sharon Grant hold a letter addressed to then home secretary Amber Rudd outside the Home Office in London in 2018

THE parents of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence are losing confidence in the public inquiry into undercover policing, their lawyers said today.

In an opening statement for Stephen’s mother Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Imran Khan QC said that she doubts the investigation will discover why her family was spied on by undercover police when demanding justice for her son.

He said: “Baroness Lawrence is losing confidence, if she has not already lost it, in this inquiry’s ability to get to the truth.

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