The Stephen Lawrence Murder Trial 2011: The Verdict (BBC London coverage) - Part 1 of 3

This piece first broadcast on 3 Jan 2012. Televised on UK's regional television BBC1 London. Programme (Program) -- London News.

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• stephen lawrence
• doreen lawrence
• mother
• police
• prof john grieve
• retired
• dep asst
• commissioner
• neville lawence
• father
• detective
• constable
• ron cuthbertson
• supt leroy logan
• former chair
• metropolitan
• black police association
• acting deputy
• cressida dick
• bbc
• london news

[boogyboxona]

innocent men

[LOLWEISER]

@ilyrida Thats a load of bollocks.

[LOLWEISER]

@Gazza1912 I think that it will be the full 14/15 years they must serve in this case but I may be wrong. Yes this was a terrible thing to happen no doubt.

[billyleece]

@ilyrida it's so funny that you are talking about prejudice whilst assuming that all white british people are racists. Britain may have problems with racism but it is by no means a racist nation

[AbsolutelyNameless]

@JACKANDJAY10 Ahem! This case is about White boys killing a black boy! You Idiot!

[aniketranade]

I feel for the mother and Im sure shes still in a lot of pain. But to say that his grave would have been desecrated many times if it was UK?? WTF is up with that?? Its a cheap shot and shes making the same generalization that her Son's killers probably made.

And if she genuinely feels that way...I cant imagine why shes still staying there!

Im not White BTW....so haters pls dnt get ur panties in a bunch!

[xjay1234]

The best thing about the trial despite the guilty verdicts they got which was CORRECT but the fact that David Norris and Gary Dobson on the first day of the trial the two of them didn't even acknowledge each other or look at each other ONCE which I thought was SO INTERESTING!! Because 18 years is a life time and the last thing they must have thought was karma would get them back! JUSTICE! Tax Payers money used for something good for once!

[bigbotherone]

@Gazza1912

you mean the  POLICE have to be taught to be MORAL? WOW

[Gazza1912]

The Law in this country is an ass. These two men have been tried and convicted and sentenced as juvenilles when they are adults. That makes a total mockery of the Justice System and is yet another insult to the Lawrence Family. Life should mean life, but in this country that is not the case. These two men will be free men in less than seven years from now. They will walk away from prison as free men when they should be left to rot away in prison and b buried in unmarked graves.

[SummerJ200]

Bless Doreen, she has been, and is so dignified throughout all of this I wish I could have a mere portion of her character during adversity! I hope they can all rest now - and as for the murderers DONT DROP THE SOAP WILL YA LADS! HAHA!