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Matthew White’s stepfather Jack Severs told a detective in 1993 that White admitted his part in Stephen Lawrence's murder but information was incorrectly recorded and he was not approached for 20 years

The ex-detective who helped bring to justice the men responsible for Stephen Lawrence's murder is now helping vulnerable kids stay away from knife crime with football kickabouts

It was a brutal, senseless, racist crime that sent shockwaves not just through the community but through the whole of the UK - and the ripples are still being felt today

News that Matthew White should also have faced charges over the racist murder which rocked our nation are a tough reminder of the changes still needed in the Met following the Casey Review

Matthew White chillingly told a black man who confronted him, as he attempted to shoplift in Eltham, South East London in 2020, that he would be “Stephen Lawrenced”

Metropolitan Police confirmed that Matthew White, who died in 2021 at the age of 50, was a major suspect at the time following the killing in Eltham, south east London in April 1993

Matthew White has been identified as the sixth suspect in the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence - and new findings suggest multiple opportunities were missed to build a case against him

Police have confirmed the name of a sixth alleged attacker in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence after the Metropolitan Police said 'many mistakes' were made in the 1990s investigation