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

Media | The Guardian · Michael Savage Media editor · last updated

Stephen Wright calls 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.

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