Ex-Daily Mail reporter denies claims he ordered private investigator to deceive Doreen Lawrence

2026-02-17 - 18:23

Stephen Wright branded allegations he ordered blagging ‘absolute cobblers’ and says it had devastated him A former Daily Mail reporter said allegations that he ordered a private investigator to deceive Stephen Lawrence’s mother were “absolute cobblers” and had “completely devastated” him. Stephen Wright helped lead the newspaper’s long-running campaign over the murder of 18-year-old Lawrence, who was killed in 1993. He is one of the journalists now accused of tasking private investigators to use unlawful methods to secure stories. Continue reading...