STEPHEN Lawrence's best friend dramatically clutched an image of a sixth suspect in the race hate killing and declared: "That's him!" Duwayne Brooks' outburst came as he studied a police surveillance photo of Matthew White.
During an exclusive interview with us, he accused Met Police officers of "sabotage". Pointing at the picture, he said: "If they had put him in an ID parade in front of me at the time I would have picked him out 100%.
"There's no doubt and I'm extremely confident other people at the bus stop would have picked him out and this case would have been solved then."
Stephen, 18, was stabbed in Eltham, South East London, in April 1993.
Five suspects were in the frame for murder - but Duwayne, who fled for his life, always insisted there were six.
He only became aware of White by name a month ago as part of a BBC probe which aired last week.
BOTCHED
Only two men were convicted of murder and a public inquiry into the botched investigation found institutional racism in the Met Police.
Duwayne fears corrupt officers may have protected White. He wants to:
Head a six-month review into the police's failings in the case.
Receive a direct apology from Met Commissioner Mark Rowley.
Know why the CPS have still not ruled whether four detectives should face criminal charges, two-and-a-half-years after being passed the files.
Learn why Stephen's killers were never charged with attacking him.
White escaped justice amid police blunders and missed opportunities, before dying of a drugs overdose in 2021. Duwayne, 48, is convinced rogue officers made White a witness, instead of a suspect, to make sure he was not included in ID parades.
The surveillance photo of White was taken shortly after the murder.
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