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The murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence by a gang of white youths at a bus-stop in south London, and the failure to bring anyone to justice for the crime, outraged the country. In this book Brian Cathcart decribes in detail what happened on the night,and follows step-by-step the police investigation. The result is a riveting and disturbing account of the criminal culture of south-east London, and the workings of the London police. Brian Cathcart was the Deputy Editor of the Independent on Sunday until recently. His highly amusing and evocative account of the last election, WERE YOU STILL UP FOR PORTILLO? sold over 20,000 copies for Penguin in autumn 1997. He lives in London, N10