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Corrupt Met officers 'protected family of Stephen Lawrence murderer'Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
Thu 19 Apr 2018 17.40 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Apr 2018 22.00 BST
"The father of David Norris, one of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence, used a network of corrupt Metropolitan police officers to protect himself and his close relations from justice, according to claims made by his family.
Victoria and Naomi Smith, who are related to the Norris family by marriage, have broken 25 years of silence to allege that Clifford Norris used corrupt officers to thwart a murder inquiry four years before Lawrence was stabbed to death in Eltham, south-east London, in 1993.
Lawrence’s parents, Doreen and Neville, have long suspected that Clifford Norris and police corruption played a part in their son’s killers evading justice for almost two decades.
Doreen Lawrence said if the new claims were true her “sense of outrage will have risen to new heights”.
The 25th anniversary of Stephen’s murder is on Sunday, reigniting scrutiny of errors made by police in the initial investigation, and what may have caused them.
The extent of Clifford Norris’s reach into the Met has long been a matter of controversy. The Smiths now allege that Norris used his influence with police after his brother, Alex, became a suspect in the 1989 shooting of Tony Smith following a pub fight. No one was ever charged, and the Smiths allege sensitive information given to police ended up being passed to Norris.The family of Tony Smith are related to Clifford Norris through his marriage to Theresa, a cousin of Tony and Victoria Smith and the mother of David Norris.
Police intelligence shows detectives believed Clifford and Alex Norris had worked together in their criminal enterprises. Clifford Norris, a convicted former drug importer, denies ever having corruptly influenced police officers.
A document obtained by the Guardian shows that Alex Norris was the prime suspect for the Tony Smith shooting. Smith is said to have stabbed Norris, who allegedly then shot him dead.The Smith family say that after Alex Norris became a suspect in the shooting, Clifford Norris, who lived on the south London and Kent border in Chislehurst, used his influence to intimidate witnesses.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/19/corrupt-met-officers-protected-family-of-stephen-lawrence-murderer