Stephen Lawrence murder: concerns police team will be disbanded Members of the murder investigation team do not work on other cases and are dependant on new leads. They are due to meet next week to discuss whether anything heard during the trial or any new information received could help prosecute key suspects Neil Acourt, Jamie Acourt or Luke Knight. Cindy Butts, an independent member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said she was "astounded" that just days after such a historic conviction, questions would be raised about the future of the case. "There is a point in any murder investigation where you have to take stock, see where you are and ensure there is a proportionate police response," she said. But I just think it's amazing that they would make pronouncements the day after the case. Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, vowed that the force will pursue Mr Lawrence's other killers, warning them that they "should not rest easily in their beds." Miss Butts said there was something "very powerful" about that message and that it was the line that needed to be retained. "One would hope that at this point further information would come forward," she added. She told Radio 4's Today programme: "After 19 years of failure in the criminal justice system, this is not the time to be talking of diminishing resources. The police have to accept that they failed this family and I believe that in doing so they failed Londonders and residents of the UK. After sentencing Dobson and Norris, Mr Justice Treacy, who presided over their seven-week trial, urged officers to hunt down and prosecute the members of the racist gang who remain at large. He called Mr Driscoll forward and told the detective that the Metropolitan Police had been "shamed and humbled" after an official inquiry into its handling of the case found the force was "institutionally racist."