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Stephen Lawrence murder: Brother wants role in inquiry Stephen Lawrence murder: Brother wants role in inquiry
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Stephen Lawrence's brother says he should take part in the probe into police records prompted by a report showing officers spied on his family.Stephen Lawrence's brother says he should take part in the probe into police records prompted by a report showing officers spied on his family.
A judicial review has been ordered and the Metropolitan Police has set up a separate independent inquiry.A judicial review has been ordered and the Metropolitan Police has set up a separate independent inquiry.
The report by Mark Ellison QC also found documents from the Met's own corruption investigation had been subject to a "mass shredding".The report by Mark Ellison QC also found documents from the Met's own corruption investigation had been subject to a "mass shredding".
Stuart Lawrence's mother has demanded the police take "decisive action".Stuart Lawrence's mother has demanded the police take "decisive action".
'Sceptical''Sceptical'
Mr Lawrence called on Met Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to include him on the panel he commissioned in the wake of this week's revelations.Mr Lawrence called on Met Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to include him on the panel he commissioned in the wake of this week's revelations.
He said: "I reserve judgement until I hear who he's tried to employ to try to do this job and I wouldn't mind being part of the team myself to ensure the job is done.He said: "I reserve judgement until I hear who he's tried to employ to try to do this job and I wouldn't mind being part of the team myself to ensure the job is done.
"I'm a bit sceptical and reserved about apologies if that's all they are because they are just words."I'm a bit sceptical and reserved about apologies if that's all they are because they are just words.
"I want to see something done," he added."I want to see something done," he added.
Mr Lawrence's brother, Stephen, was 18 when he was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack by a gang of white youths in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.Mr Lawrence's brother, Stephen, was 18 when he was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack by a gang of white youths in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.
However, it was not until 2012 that Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of murdering him and sentenced to minimum terms of 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months respectively.
On Thursday, Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs the findings in the Ellison report had damaged the police and ordered a public inquiry.
The Ellison report found a Special Demonstration Squad "spy" had worked within the "Lawrence family camp" during the Macpherson Inquiry, conducted in the late-90s to look at the way the police had investigated Stephen's murder.
It also found that the Met's own hard copy records of a broad investigation into possible corruption had been subject to a "mass shredding" in 2003.
It warned that the "chaotic state" of the force's records meant that a public inquiry might have "limited" potential to find out more information.
Stephen's mother, Baroness Lawrence, has asked for a personal undertaking from Sir Bernard that he and the Met Police "will fully co-operate with the continuing enquiries the home secretary referred to in her oral statement to the House of Commons as well as the judge-led public inquiry she has ordered".
The letter asked Sir Bernard to release all material in his possession or control to the inquiries, and to be "transparent and honest" in his duty of disclosure.