The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
Volume I
CONTENTS
Paragraph
Prelim
CHAPTER ONE
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
CHAPTER TWO
Since the Murder
CHAPTER THREE
The Inquiry
Terms of Reference 3.1
Limited immunity 3.2
The Commissioner's intervention 20.4.98 3.16
The Advisers 3.24
Counsel and Solicitors 3.26
The Secretariat 3.29
CHAPTER FOUR
Mr & Mrs Lawrence and Stephen
CHAPTER FIVE
Duwayne Brooks
His evidence 5.5
At the scene 5.10
Stereotyped 5.12
At the hospital 5.13
At Plumstead Police Station 5.14
Liaison 5.17
His prosecution 5.27
Conclusion 5.30
CHAPTER SIX
Racism
Kent Report 6.2
Racism 6.4
Institutional racism 6.6
Unwitting racism 6.13
Failure of first investigation 6.21
The Commissioner's view 6.25
The MPS Black Police Association's view 6.27
1990 Trust 6.29
Commission for Racial Equality 6.30
Dr Robin Oakley 6.31
Dr Benjamin Bowling 6.33
The Inquiry's "definition" 6.34
Professor Simon Holdaway 6.37
Institutional racism present 6.45
ACPO view 6.49
Mr Paul Pugh 6.58
The Home Secretary 6.62
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Five Suspects
Research 7.11
Other offences 7.15
Witness K 7.25
Witness B 7.27
1994 Surveillance 7.31
Evidence at the Inquiry 7.39
Divisional Court ruling 7.40
Perjury 7.43
'Autrefois acquit' 7.46
CHAPTER EIGHT
Corruption and Collusion
The allegation 8.2
Standard of proof 8.5
The "Norris factor" 8.6
Sergeant XX 8.14
Conclusion 8.18
CHAPTER NINE
The Stacey Benefield Case
The allegation 9.1
Identification 9.5
The alleged bribe 9.7
Raymond Dewar's trial 9.12
David Norris' trial 9.13
Acquittal of David Norris 9.17
Conclusion 9.27
CHAPTER TEN
First Aid
Mr & Mrs Taaffe 10.1
Duwayne Brooks 10.5
Doctors' opinion 10.14
PC James Geddis & Mrs Geddis 10.15
PCs Linda Bethel & Anthony Gleason 10.23
Training inadequate 10.28
Senior officers present 10.31
PC Gleason's actions 10.34
ABC of First Aid 10.35
PC Joanne Smith 10.39
Treatment of Duwayne Brooks at scene and hospital 10.43
Paramedics 10.44
The Avery sisters 10.46
Inspector Steven Groves 10.47
The experts: Mr Graham Cook 10.52
Mr David Sadler 10.54
PC Stephen Hughes 10.55
Conclusions 10.56
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Initial Response
Lack of command and organisation 11.1
Lack of documents 11.2
Inspector Groves' notes 11.3
TSG carriers 11.9
Mr Groves goes to Welcome Inn 11.12
Mobile search 11.14
Disarray 11.16
Other TSG vehicles 11.18
Cordons 11.21
Other senior officers present 11.27
Absence of logs 11.30
Control non-existent 11.32
Duwayne Brooks 11.34
The red Astra car 11.35
Lack of information 11.45
Lack of direction and control 11.51
Summary 11.58
Disagreement with Kent 11.60
CHAPTER TWELVE
I Arrival at the Scene of Senior Officers
II The Hospital
III Arrival of the CID
Chief Inspector Jonathan McIvor 12.2
Chief Superintendent Christopher Benn 12.18
Inspector Ian Little 12.33
THE HOSPITAL
Mr Little arrives 12.43
Words used by Mr Little 12.44
Visit to resuscitation room for identification
of Stephen Lawrence 12.48
Further conversation with Mr Lawrence 12.51
Lack of sensitivity of Mr Little 12.53
Lack of arrangements for Mr & Mrs Lawrence 12.58
Unwitting racism 12.60
Miss Mandy Lavin 12.61
The CID
DC Steven Pye 12.66
Detective Inspector Philip Jeynes 12.80
Chief Superintendent John Philpott 12.98
Conclusion 12.99
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The First Senior Investigating Officer
Appointment as SIO 13.4
Main complaint of Mr & Mrs Lawrence 13.7
Fundamental error 13.9
Mr Crampton at the scene 13.15
Appointment of family liaison officers 13.20
Briefings 13.23
Start of vital information - 23.4.93 13.24
Arrival of 'James Grant' - 23.4.93 13.25
Second visit of 'James Grant' - 24.4.93 13.27
Anonymous letters (Witness FF) 13.29
Decision not to arrest 13.32
No record of decision 13.38
7 May arrests. Words used 13.43
Search upon arrest for other offence 13.45
No policy file entry, or apparent examination by senior officers 13.48
Handover to Mr Weeden 13.49
Fundamental misjudgment 13.51
Clifford Norris 13.52
Lack of connection 13.57
Sergeant XX 13.58
Mr Crampton's reference 13.60
Conclusion re Sergeant XX 13.68
No corruption or collusion 13.72
Duwayne Brooks 13.76
Resources 13.80
Conclusion 13.83
Post-script as to grounds for arrest 13.84
Conclusion 13.92
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Second Senior Investigating Officer
Detective Superintendent Brian Weeden
Handover 14.3
DIO not HOLMES trained 14.5
Continuation of strategy 14.8
Arrest on reasonable grounds for suspicion 14.11
Failure to arrest fundamental 14.18
Witness K 14.20
Source of James Grant's information 14.22
Witness B 14.24
Registration of James Grant 14.26
Mr Weeden's honesty not impugned 14.29
No racism as to investigation duties 14.30
Norris connection 14.35
No conspiracy 14.39
Criticism of surveillance 14.41
Red Astra car 14.44
Outside pressures as to arrest on 7 May 14.52
Opinion as to discontinuance 14.54
Detective Sergeant Christopher Crowley 14.56
Family Liaison 14.59
Mr Weeden's briefing notes 14.65
"Bombardment" by letter 14.66
Failure to deal appropriately with family 14.74
Unwitting racism 14.74
Responsibility for failure of liaison 14.76
Duwayne Brooks 14.77
Conclusion 14.86
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Deputy Senior Investigating Officer
Detective Inspector Benjamin Bullock
Service 15.4
Ignorance of AMIP guidelines 15.5
HOLMES 15.7
James Grant 15.13
Clifford Norris 15.23
Norris connection 15.31
Family liaison 15.37
Conclusion 15.45
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The Incident Room
Detective Sergeant Peter Flook
DS Flook 16.1
Ignorance of job description 16.3
Multiple roles 16.6
HOLMES inadequately serviced 16.11
Delay 16.16
Red Astra car 16.18
Cross-examination as to the family 16.22
Mr Imran Khan 16.21
Lack of control 16.26
Conclusion 16.28
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
House to House Inquiries
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Surveillance
No plan or record 18.1
Priority 18.4
Black binliners, 26.4.93 18.8
Black binliners, 27.4.93 18.11
Conclusion 18.19
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Detective Sergeant John Davidson, and
Handling of Certain Witnesses
James Grant 19.4
Detective Sergeant John Davidson 19.8
Lack of documents 19.10
James Grant, 27.4.93 19.14
James Grant, 6.5.93 19.16
Registration of James Grant 19.17
Witness B 19.27
Arrest and interview of Gary Dobson 19.31
Detective Sergeant Davidson's views as to motive 19.34
Unwitting racism 19.37
Conclusions 19.42
CHAPTER TWENTY
The Elimination of the Suspects and the red Astra car
Red Astra at scene 20.4
30.4.93, red Astra car stopped 20.8
Delay 20.9
Detective Constable Michael Tomlin 20.11
Conclusions as to Red Astra 20.17
Examples of other failures 20.18
Blue Stewart 20.19
Michael Bunn 20.20
Bradley & Scott Lamb 20.21
Conclusion 20.23
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Identification Parades and Fair Haired Attacker
Dates of parades 21.1
7.5.93 21.4
13.5.93 21.8
Neil Acourt 21.12
24.5.93 21.13
3.6.93 Luke Knight identified 21.14
Improper control 21.18
The fair haired attacker 21.22
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Details as to 3 June 1993 and
Mr Brooks' contact with Detective Sergeant Christopher Crowley
The allegation 22.3
Escort duty. 3.6.93 22.8
Date of DS Crowley's statement 22.9
Mr Brooks' "conversation" 22.16
Return to Plumstead 22.27
Central Criminal Court 22.33
Conclusion 22.36
Norris connection 22.37
Rolan Adams case 22.38
The allegation 22.39
Mr Cattini 22.41
Alleged robbery 22.43
Statements taken by DS Crowley 22.47
Mr Macdonald's concession 22.51
Conclusion 22.52


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Prepared 24 February 1999