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Baroness Lawrence Alleges Police Sanctioned Family Spying

10/16/2025

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Baroness Doreen Lawrence testified that Metropolitan Police sanctioned and rewarded spying on her family after Stephen Lawrence's 1993 murder.
Her lawyer, Imran Khan KC, said the Home Office was implicated in this unlawful surveillance.
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is examining racism in the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad from 1993 to 2007.
Baroness Lawrence criticized the inquiry's lack of accountability.

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Story summary

Baroness Doreen Lawrence testified that Metropolitan Police sanctioned and rewarded spying on her family after Stephen Lawrence's 1993 murder.
Her lawyer, Imran Khan KC, said the Home Office was implicated in this unlawful surveillance.
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is examining racism in the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad from 1993 to 2007.
Baroness Lawrence criticized the inquiry's lack of accountability.