Eltham: Police have arrested a man in south London over the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence.

The 27-year-old male was detained at his workplace and questioned by detectives this morning. He is currently being held at a south London police station.

He is not thought to be one of the original five detained over killing.

Stephen Lawrence, 18, was fatally stabbed when he and his friend Duwayne Brooks were attacked by a gang of white youths in Eltham, south-east London the April 1993.

December 4, 2001 14:30