Lawrence suspect held by police in Barcelona

ONE of the Stephen Lawrence murder suspects has been arrested as he left a gym in Barcelona.

Jamie Acourt, one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives, was detained following a joint National Crime Agency (NCA), Metropolitan Police and Spanish National Police operation.

Acourt, 41, has been wanted on suspicion of conspiracy to supply cannabis resin between January 2014 and February 2016, the NCA said. The south Londoner was allegedly the principal member of an organised crime group involved in the largescale supply of cannabis.

Armed officers detained Acourt after he left the Metropolitan Sagrada Familia Gym yesterday afternoon, an NCA statement said.

Last month saw the 25th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence – who was stabbed while waiting for a bus in south-east London in what became Britain’s highest profile racial attack ever.