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| Stephen Lawrence suspect admits drug charge | Stephen Lawrence suspect admits drug charge |
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| A man arrested in connection with Stephen Lawrence’s murder has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply drugs worth about £4m. | A man arrested in connection with Stephen Lawrence’s murder has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply drugs worth about £4m. |
| Neil Stuart, also known as Neil Acourt, of Eltham, south-east London, admitted the offence at Kingston crown court on Wednesday. | Neil Stuart, also known as Neil Acourt, of Eltham, south-east London, admitted the offence at Kingston crown court on Wednesday. |
| He sat in the dock wearing a grey tracksuit and spoke only to enter a guilty plea when the charge – relating to the supply of Class B drug cannabis resin – was read out to him. | He sat in the dock wearing a grey tracksuit and spoke only to enter a guilty plea when the charge – relating to the supply of Class B drug cannabis resin – was read out to him. |
| Acourt, 40, was one of five youths arrested over the racist murder of Lawrence, 18, at a bus stop in Eltham in 1993. |