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Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, who has died aged 94, faced significant opposition when h...
Sir William Macpherson obituary
Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, who has died aged 94, faced significant opposition when he was appointed to head the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, but his meticulous report transformed policing in Britain. Macpherson’s conclusion, in 1999, that the Metropolitan police investigation into the south London killing had been undermined by “professional incompetence, institutional racism and a failure of leadership”, set fresh standards for forthright judicial criticism.The stabbing to death of the 18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence by a …