Closure for ‘the mother with best of British values’

The convictions of two of Stephen Lawrence’s killers should inspire the police to bring other suspects to justice, his best friend who survived the attack said.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jan 2012, 06:00 BST

Duwayne Brooks, who was with Mr Lawrence on the night he was stabbed and killed in April 1993, said the guilty verdicts were just “part of closure”.

He said: “It can’t be full closure because all the suspects are not found guilty. But I’m happy we have a guilty verdict.

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“But I hope, more than ever, this inspires the investigating team to work harder to bring the rest of the suspects before a jury.”

Witnesses to the fatal attack in Eltham, south east London, said there five or six assailants.