Met police spied on Lawrence family
The Metropolitan Police are in the spotlight again, as a new report reveals evidence that Scotland Yard sent an undercover officer to spy on the family and supporters of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence. The independent inquiry, carried out by QC Mark Ellison, was prompted by allegations from former undercover police officer Peter Francis that he had been “tasked to find intelligence … to smear the Lawrence family.” It has now pushed the Home Secretary Theresa May to announce a public inquiry into police spying. The initial claim that the Met sought to smear the family was difficult to...