Inquiry
The unprecedented decision by the Law Lords to order Home Secretary David Blunkett to hold a public inquiry into the murder was heralded a huge victory for the dead teenager's family. Despite the family's four-year wait for the inquiry, some evidence is already in the public domain after the Commission for Racial Equality conducted its own investigation.
Evidence presented at the later murder trial revealed Stewart to be a seriously disturbed individual; he had "RIP" and a cross tattooed on his forehead. The inquiry stated that Zahid Mubarek died because of a combination of his cellmate's racism and failures of the Prison Service.
On February 8, 2000, Stewart was allocated a double cell with the soon-to-be-released Mubarek as Feltham faced crowding problems. Six weeks later Mubarek was murdered in a racially motivated attack by Stewart.
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