Exclusive: Prosecutors announce decision despite errors made by the four senior detectives leading to suspects remaining free

Four senior detectives accused of bungling the first Stephen Lawrence murder investigation will not face criminal charges, prosecutors have decided.

The Crown Prosecution Service had been considering whether the errors made in the weeks after the 18-year-old was murdered were so serious that they amounted to the criminal offence of misconduct in public office.

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