Mother of Stephen Lawrence says Met Police is ‘rotten to its core’

Doreen Lawrence said discrimination is ‘institutionalised‘ within Britain’s biggest police force

The mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence has warned “this is the last chance for the Metropolitan Police to get it right” after a damning report found the force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic.

Baroness Doreen Lawrence described the Met as “rotten to its core”, adding that discrimination is “institutionalised” within Britain’s biggest police force.

The review by Baroness Louise Casey, commissioned in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder, warned there may be more officers like killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick.