Doreen Lawrence tells court she felt ‘taken for a fool’ by Daily Mail publisher

Mon, 02 Feb 2026

Lady Lawrence tells high court she is ‘a victim all over again’ owing to alleged unlawful information gathering

The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said she felt she had been “taken for a fool” by the publisher of the Daily Mail, after she was told about allegations it had targeted her with unlawful information gathering techniques.

Appearing at the high court in London, Doreen Lawrence said she felt angry because of the trust she had placed in the Daily Mail, owing to its coverage of her son’s case.