Fibres linked to accused in Lawrence case

TINY blood, hair and fibre samples that prosecutors claim were linked to black teenager Stephen Lawrence were found on the clothes of two men accused of his murder, a court has heard.

Prosecutor Mark Ellison outlined to a jury how modern forensic techniques were used to detect the traces after the 18-year-old’s murder 18 years ago.

Lawrence was stabbed by a gang of white youths at a bus stop in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.