The father of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence says police still consider black people to be worth less than white people.

In an interview with BBC One's Panorama, Neville Lawrence said: "In their mind as far as I can see a black person isn't worth much.

Stephen: Murdered in racist attack

"The value of a black person is less than a white person.

"And so they look at the incident with a black person and they say, 'Oh he doesn't matter, he's only black'."

Stephen Lawrence, 18, was stabbed in a racist attack as he waited for a bus in Eltham, south London, on April 22, 1993.

An independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Metropolitan Police investigation of the death will soon be published.

The force's Commissioner, Sir Paul Condon, has already stated that he believes the report will be a "painful experience" for the police who have been alternatively labelled incompetent or racist by their critics.

In his interview for Panorama, Sir Paul said: "Far too often the police service has treated black people differently.

Sir Paul: Stop and search figures "indefensible"

"I think we must mature, we must face up to our past failures, and we must show through words and deeds a willingness to actually treat everyone, not just fairly, but appropriately."

He said that he "cannot and will not" defend figures which show that black people are five times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people.

"There are complex issues at stake but the notion of black Londoners being five times more likely to be stopped than other people, I cannot be content with."

And Jerome Mack, responsible for training Metropolitan police, told Panorama that one third of police officers are racist, despite racial awareness training.

"I would say that of every 10 officers that have come in at training, seven of them will accept it and three of them will walk out sceptical," he told the programme.