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Sir William Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie died on 14th April 2021, aged 94. Clan chief, high court judge, Scots Guardsman, SAS reservist and Commanding Officer, and rugby player, he led the public inquiry into the murder of 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence.

Macpherson‘s appointment to lead the inquiry faced opposition from the outset, however his meticulous report, completed in just one year and published in 1999, was to confound all observers by its far-reaching conclusions. He will be particularly remembered for his forthright judgement of the police: their ‘professional incompetence, institutional racism and a failure of leadership’.

Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in Eltham, South East London, on 22nd April 1993 by a white, racist gang. The police conducted an investigation, arresting a number of suspects, but failed to gather sufficient evidence for a trial to take place. In 1996, a pr Biography of william shakespeare.