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Met under fire again for mass shredding
'Lorry load' of files destroyed in just 2 days

The Metropolitan Police came under fire again yesterday after more details emerged about mass evidence-shredding linked to the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.

A "lorry load" of files was allegedly destroyed over two days in 2003.

The shredding was first unearthed by Mark Ellison QC in his review of the Lawrence murder investigation.

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