Police in London have released on bail a 27-year-old man questioned in connection with the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence.

Detectives have not released details of the man's identity but it is understood he is not one of the five suspects previously arrested.

The man was arrested early on Tuesday at his workplace and was questioned at a police station in Bexleyheath, south east London.

He was released on police bail on Tuesday night to return to a south London police station on 14 January.

Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death by a gang of white youths at a bus stop in Eltham in south east London in 1993.

December 5, 2001 9:40