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Met under fire again for mass shredding
'Lorry load' of files destroyed in just 2 days
The Metropolitan Police came under fire again yesterday after more details emerged about mass evidence-shredding linked to the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
A "lorry load" of files was allegedly destroyed over two days in 2003.
The shredding was first unearthed by Mark Ellison QC in his review of the Lawrence murder investigation.
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