Britain creates annual Stephen Lawrence day

By Euronews

Published on 24/04/2018 - 09:20

25 years on from racist murder of black teenager

Britain is to hold an annual Stephen Lawrence day in memory of the murdered black teenager, Theresa May has announced.

At a service to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death, a letter to the family from the Prince of Wales was read out by Prince Harry.

It took British police 19 years to obtain a conviction for the murder. A judge's enquiry into the investigation concluded that there was "institutional racism" within the Metropolitan police force.

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