Stephen Lawrence murder suspect admitted to being paedophile

Near the start of the interview White was asked who his “girlfriend” was at the time Stephen was murdered.

White gave her full name and, after being asked how long he had been “going out” with her, he said “two, three years”. The BBC is not identifying the girl, who is now an adult.

According to a transcript seen by the BBC, the following exchange then took place between White and a detective:

Detective: “Okay and from what sort of age were you?”

White: “I was a lot older, she was young.”

Detective: “By older, how much older were you?”

White: “Five, six years.”

Detective: “Five or six years older.”

White: “Five or six years older, yeah.”

There was no follow-up to these questions in further interviews.

In fact, White was lying about the girl’s age. He was almost a decade older than the girl, and had begun sexually abusing her when she was significantly below the age of consent. He was also a drug user and had given the girl heroin.

The Met knew her real age and could have challenged him on it.

The BBC has spoken to the woman, who says she was never told by the Met about White’s admission and is “absolutely disgusted” to learn about it.

“I just can’t get over the fact that they would just cover that up,” she says.

The woman says she never felt able enough to make a complaint to police, as her life took a “devastating turn” after she met White as a schoolgirl. She says she felt like she was not “worth anything”.

She also says she became pregnant by White and had an abortion.

“I was totally groomed” she tells the BBC. “I struggle every single day.”

She also wants an apology from the Met.