10/03/2006
Lawrence witness awarded £100,000
Scotland Yard has awarded the surviving victim of the racist attack in which Stephen Lawrence was killed £100,000 in damages.
Scotland Yard has also apologised to Duwayne Brooks has part of the settlement.
Mr Brooks had complained about his treatment by the Metropolitan Police. However, he had been unsuccessful in his attempt to sue the police for negligence last year. He was told by the House of Lords that his claim for negligence should be struck out.
Mr Brooks was with Mr Lawrence when he was stabbed to death by a gang at a bus stop in Eltham, southeast London in 1993.
He alleged that he had been treated like a criminal by police and suffered severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
In a statement, Scotland Yard said that Mr Brooks had agreed to drop his legal battle against the police. The statement said: "This has been a protracted and difficult period for all persons involved and was initially borne out of the tragic racist murder of Stephen Lawrence and the attack on Duwayne Brooks."
An inquiry into the murder of Mr Lawrence had concluded that there was "institutional racism" in the Metropolitan Police.
No one has been convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
(KMcA/GB)
Scotland Yard has also apologised to Duwayne Brooks has part of the settlement.
Mr Brooks had complained about his treatment by the Metropolitan Police. However, he had been unsuccessful in his attempt to sue the police for negligence last year. He was told by the House of Lords that his claim for negligence should be struck out.
Mr Brooks was with Mr Lawrence when he was stabbed to death by a gang at a bus stop in Eltham, southeast London in 1993.
He alleged that he had been treated like a criminal by police and suffered severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
In a statement, Scotland Yard said that Mr Brooks had agreed to drop his legal battle against the police. The statement said: "This has been a protracted and difficult period for all persons involved and was initially borne out of the tragic racist murder of Stephen Lawrence and the attack on Duwayne Brooks."
An inquiry into the murder of Mr Lawrence had concluded that there was "institutional racism" in the Metropolitan Police.
No one has been convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
(KMcA/GB)
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