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'Stephen was always creative.

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'He had a patient,
careful way about him.

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'He used to love sitting with his
father after school and drawing.'

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Thank you so much.

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'I think he was about seven
when he announced

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'that he wanted to be an architect
and he stuck with that.'

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I'm sure if he was here,

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he'd have a few suggestions
and corrections for you, David.

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Neville. Been waiting long?

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13 years...

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and counting.

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When my son was murdered,

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the police thought,
"Just another Black boy stabbed."

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But there's no such thing as
"Just another Black boy,"

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and this building, this centre,
will say that much more loudly

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than I can.

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And the brilliant young people
who use this space,

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they will be Stephen's
living legacy.

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My son's killers were identified
13 years ago,

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within hours of his murder.

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Since then,
there's been three investigations,

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the law of double jeopardy
was changed

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so that murderers could be retried,

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and still,
we're sitting here with no justice.

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I understand your frustration,
Mr Lawrence,

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but after reviewing the evidence,

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the CPS did not feel there was
a realistic prospect of conviction.

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It has been two years since
the last investigation concluded

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and we still haven't seen
any evidence.

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We have no way of appraising
whether the CPS was justified.

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I can assure you it was...
No.

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No. You can't "assure" me,
because...

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you're telling me
that there's nothing you can do

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and I don't accept that.

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I think the only way forward
is to go to court,

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seek a judicial review
of this decision.

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Mr Lawrence, what I can do

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is arrange a review
of your son's case.

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Who will be doing this review?

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Which one of you
is the investigating officer?

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'Morning.'

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It's been cleared out. All we've
got to do is hand over these

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to the developer...

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who's 20 minutes late.

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Used to be my nick.
Yeah?

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Well, it's no longer fit for purpose

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in the modern
Metropolitan Police Service.

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We're surplus to requirements,
Shaun, like this old dump.

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Except when they've finished here,
two-bed flat, half a mil.

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This place was supposed to be empty.
What IS all this stuff?

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These are case files.

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Looks like all police property
has been properly disposed of (!)

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Oh, a patrol car.

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Easily missed (!)

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The developer.

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Better tell him we're not ready.

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Sorted.

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Records Management will be thrilled.

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What the hell is Operation Fishpool?

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This is all one case.

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Can't be.

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SIGHS

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Oh.
Mm.

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Here you go, lovey.
Thanks, love.

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What are you up to?

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Just tidying up
some old files from Deptford.

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Just some old files?

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I know who that is.

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Well...

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..they were just left there,
gathering dust.

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Not right, is it?
Case like this needs solving.

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Mm.

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'One officer who stood out,

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'and heavily criticised
by Macpherson,

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'was Detective Sergeant
John Davidson.

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'He had been responsible
for handling vulnerable witnesses

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'and arresting and interviewing
some of the suspects.

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'So you're telling me
that key detective

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'in the first Lawrence investigation
was corrupt, and in the pocket

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'of Clifford Norris,
father of one of the suspects?'

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'From my conversation that I had
with John Davidson on that day,

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'I would say that John Davidson was
receiving cash from Clifford Norris.

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'By his expression
that he was using it as a...

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'He was "getting a little earner"
out of it.

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'It was "a good little earner".

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'Yes, and that, in my mind,
was corrupt practices.'

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Neil Putnam. Ex-detective
for the South-East Crime Squad.

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Became a supergrass after getting
arrested for corruption himself.

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Why now? If he knew
what was going on all along,

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why didn't he speak up earlier?
He says he did.

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Claims he told the officers
who debriefed him in 1998.

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The Metropolitan Police
have ceased to amaze me.

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It's gonna be broadcast
on Wednesday night.

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Oh. We'll need to respond, then,
won't we?

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I mean, surely this throws up
new lines of inquiry.

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What are the police doing?
I'll ask for an update and...

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We need the Independent
Police Complaints Commission

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to investigate.
We need to keep up the pressure.

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To see
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dick.

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If you could just sign here, please?

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I'd like to take on
the Stephen Lawrence murder.

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The case has already been allocated.

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With all due respect, Ma'am,
the senior investigating officer

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is catching cannabis farmers
in Newham.

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As far as I can see,

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young Stephen's been gathering dust
for the last three years.

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No-one seems to want to touch it
with a barge pole.

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But you do.

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I've been through the files, Ma'am.

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It's a straightforward crime that
I think we should be able to solve

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with a bit of
common-sense coppering.

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"Common-sense coppering."

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Yes, Ma'am.

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Right, well,
I'll give it some consideration.

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Thank you, DCI Driscoll.

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The brass have asked us

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to reinvestigate
the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

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The Deputy Assistant Commissioner
was quite specific

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about this being a review.

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I thought we were moving
to proactive stuff.

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Change of plan. This'll be
our priority for the foreseeable.

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Seriously, hasn't this case
been investigated to death?

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You're not wrong there, Tony. This
murder has had three investigations,

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six senior investigating officers.

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It's even had a public inquiry,

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and yet, no-one has been held to
account for young Stephen's murder,

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which means we, the Met,
failed to do our job,

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and failed in our duty
to the Lawrence family.

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It is our privilege
to be able to put that right.

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This is not a whodunnit.
We know "whodunnit".

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Norris, Dobson, Knight
and the Acourt double act

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were all named by numerous people
within hours of the murder.

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What IS a mystery is why, when there
were clear grounds for arrest,

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the senior detectives at the time
waited two weeks to pick 'em up.

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Two weeks! When we were in the '90s,

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we'd arrest people first,
ask questions later.

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We'd arrest just for fun.
They cocked up, badly.

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We won't be marking
anyone else's homework.

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We'll start from scratch
on the basis

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we're more than a match
for a gang of racist thugs.

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So, we're gonna need witnesses.
That's you, Birdy.

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Tricky, you'll be sorting
all the case files.

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The clothes of both
Stephen and the suspects,

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we need Forensics
to look at them again.

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We're gonna leave no stone unturned,
no stone unanalysed,

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no stone
uncarefully noted and filed.

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It's gonna be a slog, so if you
don't wanna be here, let me know.

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I'll help you get a transfer.

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Cos if you don't wanna be here,
well...

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it's gonna be a nightmare.

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Right, any questions?

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No, guv.
No? Good. Right, let's get to work.

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DI Shaun Keep will be the IO.
He'll be allocating tasks.

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Guv, I'm out.

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I'm just a copper
at the end of the day.

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This is a bit, you know, too...

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You know what I mean. No offence.

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None taken, Tony, mate.

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I appreciate you
being straight with me.

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Well Hall Road, Eltham.

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This is Ground Zero,
where the murder took place.

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From now on, this happened today.

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You've just arrived
at the crime scene.

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April 22nd, 1993.

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Stephen and his friend Duwayne
Brooks are waiting for a bus.

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Witnesses say
they were happy, relaxed,

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talking about
recent Arsenal signings.

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After a few minutes,
the bus hasn't arrived,

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so they head back down
towards the roundabout.

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From there, they'd be able to see
a bus coming in either direction,

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and they could have legged it
to whichever came first.

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Keep going, Shaun.

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Yes, stop there.

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So Stephen was about there,
where Shaun is now.

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Duwayne was here, a bit behind.

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Duwayne sees another 286.

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Then he hears
someone shout racist abuse.

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He turns and sees the first
of the white boys

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running across the road towards him.

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Duwayne sees them
converge on Stephen, then legs it,

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and shouts for Stephen to run.

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Witnesses say Stephen
was set upon by five or six men.

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They bundled on top of him.
Stephen is stabbed twice.

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The knife, or knives,
went five inches into his body.

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It was a brief attack, a blur.

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When Duwayne looks back, he sees
the gang fleeing up Dickson Road.

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Stephen is running towards him.

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He runs past the stop,
trying to catch up with Duwayne.

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Duwayne's telling him to run.

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He's worried the gang
are gonna double back and trap them.

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Stephen calls out to his friend,
"What's wrong with me?"

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He managed to make it 130 yards
from the site of the attack.

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Incredible,
considering the stab wounds

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had severed auxiliary arteries
and penetrated his right lung.

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He collapses heavily
on the ground here,

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and is unresponsive within seconds.

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By now, it's about 10:43.

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At 11:05,
on arrival at Brook General,

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Stephen Lawrence was already dead.

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# As I went down
In the river to pray

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# Studying about that good old way

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# And who shall wear

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# The starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way

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# Oh, brothers, let's go down

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# Let's go down, come on down

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# Oh, brothers, let's go down

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# Down in the river to pray

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# As I went down
In the river to pray

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# Studying about that good old way

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# And who shall wear
The robe and crown

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# Good Lord, show me the way

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# Oh, sisters, let's go down

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# Let's go down, come on down

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# Oh, sisters, let's go down

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# Down in the river to pray. #

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I feel some peace
when I'm in Jamaica, you know?

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But England?

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Every time I come back here,

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I just start to feel so angry
all over again.

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Yeah.

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You have a lot to be angry about.

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I know.

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But it's not a nice way to feel.

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We keep you in our prayers, Neville.

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I know, and I'm... I'm grateful,

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but it's hard to pray
when your heart is full of hate.

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That's the thing that holds me back
from being baptised.

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All He asks
is that you open your heart.

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He'll do the rest.

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You know...

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after Stephen died,
after the first trial collapsed...

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..a man came to see me
and he said that...

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he could take the burden,

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told me that if the police
couldn't give me justice,

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then he could.

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Outside the law.

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You understand
what I'm talking about, yeah?

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An eye for an eye.

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But Neville...

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I told him no, because I knew
I didn't want to be like them.

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I didn't want hate to consume me.

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But when the Lord tells us,
"Turn the other cheek"...

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..I...

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I don't know
where to begin with that.

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What does it mean to
"turn the other cheek..."

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..when your son has been murdered?

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What does anything mean after that?

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Clive. All right, mate?

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All right, Bill?
Jammy win against Liverpool, that.

250
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,520
Jammy? Nothing jammy about it, mate.
Pure artistry.

251
00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,200
Listen, commiserations
getting that case dumped on you.

252
00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,240
Waste of time and money.
I don't follow.

253
00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,400
Saint Stephen Lawrence.

254
00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,440
I mean, what makes him so special,
eh?

255
00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,560
It's embarrassing
how we kowtow to that family,

256
00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,680
just for them to slag us off
at every opportunity.

257
00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:28,600
Thing is, we didn't finish the job,
did we?

258
00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,920
I mean, I'd be slagging us off
if I was in their shoes.

259
00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,240
Case record's a mess, guv.

260
00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,960
We're missing witness statements,
got blank actions...

261
00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,120
Well, if they've made a hash of it,
we're never gonna patch it up,

262
00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:03,560
so start it again
and start it right.

263
00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,000
Well, we've got
540 boxes back there.

264
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,040
That's tens of thousands
of documents.

265
00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,840
Better get a start on, then,
hadn't you, Tricky?

266
00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,320
I'll see what we can do.

267
00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,440
Maybe we can stretch
to another indexer.

268
00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,600
There's a few potential witnesses
on the estate

269
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,840
we're pretty sure
could put the gang near the scene.

270
00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,080
Great. Bring 'em in.
It's complicated.

271
00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,080
Basically, they told us where to go.
Keep going.

272
00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,720
Well, we've got witness K, right?
He knew the suspects.

273
00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,760
He said he visited the Acourts
on the night of the murder.

274
00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,800
He saw Neil Acourt and David Norris
in a state of undress,

275
00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,880
as if in the process
of cleaning themselves.

276
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,400
Perfect.

277
00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,880
He wasn't interviewed
for another 12 days.

278
00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,360
The kid apparently
became fearful of reprisals

279
00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,960
and has refused
to co-operate ever since.

280
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,800
And then, well, there's a pattern.
You know, he's a decent witness,

281
00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,120
delays in following 'im up,
and changes of heart.

282
00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:02,400
We're talking about kids,
for Chrissakes.

283
00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,440
First priority should be
making them feel safe.

284
00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,600
Well, as it stands,
they don't love us, guv.

285
00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,280
What about Stephen's friend,
Duwayne Brooks?

286
00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,440
Now, he really, really
doesn't love us.

287
00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,640
He wasn't handled well
in the past either,

288
00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,720
and now he's wary of us.
We're gonna have to reassure him.

289
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,880
Not only is he a witness,
he's the second victim.

290
00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,920
He's vital.
Got it.

291
00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,280
What about Mr and Mrs Lawrence?
Are we gonna meet with them?

292
00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,240
No, they've been through enough.

293
00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,600
I'm not going near them till
I've actually got some good news.

294
00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,400
Thank you so much
for coming in, Mrs Lawrence.

295
00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,080
I want to acknowledge at the outset

296
00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,760
the great injustice
your family has endured.

297
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,600
I think it's fair to say
your son's case,

298
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,080
and the hard lessons learned
from its many failures,

299
00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,200
are part of the IPCC's
organisational DNA.

300
00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,040
I think it would be helpful

301
00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,200
if we could clarify the terms
of reference of your investigation.

302
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,760
Yes, of course.

303
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,880
The key question we aim to answer

304
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,400
is whether ex-Detective Sergeant
John Davidson

305
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,120
had a corrupt relationship
with Clifford Norris,

306
00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:16,320
the father of one of the suspects.

307
00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,920
We had concerns about the initial
investigation from the start.

308
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,480
Rest assured,

309
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,880
we will be going through Davidson's
actions with a fine-tooth comb.

310
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:30,560
My point is, I don't believe the
problem was one corrupt detective.

311
00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,040
My fear for a long time is that
this has been an anti-investigation,

312
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,080
designed to cover up the truth.

313
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,920
"Since the suspects
were not arrested

314
00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,080
"until at least two weeks
after the event,

315
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,200
"I believe that looking
at their clothes for fibres

316
00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,680
"that could have come
from Stephen Lawrence's clothing

317
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,720
"is not worthwhile at all."

318
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,720
'If I was gonna kill
myself, do you know what I'd do?

319
00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,360
'I'd go and kill every Black cunt,
every Paki,

320
00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:18,560
'every copper, every mug...'

321
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,800
Morning.

322
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,920
Surveillance tapes from '94.
Just got 'em from the archives.

323
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,360
'Skin the Black cunt alive, mate.
Torture him, set him alight.

324
00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:33,160
'I'd blow the two legs and arms off
and say, "Go on, swim home now!" '

325
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,680
SIGHS

326
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,760
And this is
from the surveillance team.

327
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,520
The whole gang
at a christening a week ago.

328
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,920
Look at them.
Not a care in the world.

329
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,000
How did they not nail
these bastards?

330
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,640
I'll give you one reason. They
didn't check their clothes fully.

331
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,800
What do you mean?
Forensic Science Service.

332
00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,120
They didn't look for fibres from
Stephen on the suspects' clothing.

333
00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:03,720
Well, yeah,
but it was a brief attack.

334
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:09,000
Yeah, it says... here,
"Brief attack, out in the open,

335
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,320
"chances of forensic exchange
vanishingly small."

336
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:16,000
Who said it was brief?
First investigation did.

337
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,000
It was in the original lab request.
"Brief attack".

338
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,120
These phrases,
someone uses them once,

339
00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,160
and they get repeated
as if they're gospel.

340
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,040
What does "brief" even mean?
What, five seconds, five minutes?

341
00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,600
It's hardly precise, is it?

342
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,080
Right, and then
there's the 15-day delay

343
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,960
before the suspects' clothing
was seized.

344
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,360
The forensic people reckoned any
traces would have been lost by then.

345
00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:38,200
If they washed them,
but that's a big if.

346
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,800
The clothes might have just
been sat at the back of a wardrobe.

347
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,120
They say there's no point checking.

348
00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:45,760
I tell you, if I had a quid for
every time a scientist has told me

349
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,040
there's no point doing something
I asked them to do,

350
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,120
I'd be able to buy Fulham
a new centre forward.

351
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,840
I mean, a small chance
isn't no chance, is it?

352
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,000
A small chance is a chance.

353
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,720
We're gonna need fresh eyes on this.

354
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,840
This case has had
half a dozen inquiries.

355
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,480
No-one's ever raised concerns

356
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,960
about the conduct
of the Forensic Science Service.

357
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,280
Well, there's your trouble.

358
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,680
Look, in '93, the SIO said,
"Do everything."

359
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,760
Then the FSS bods come back and say,

360
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,800
"No point doing this, no chance
with that, vanishingly small,"

361
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,960
and the SIO says,
"OK, forget it. You know best."

362
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,320
It was a brief attack,
out in the open.

363
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,360
The most likely reason for them
finding nothing

364
00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:29,760
is there was nothing to find.

365
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,800
They didn't even examine
the suspects' clothing

366
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,040
for traces from Stephen.

367
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,360
You can't find
what you're not looking for.

368
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:38,720
What are you actually proposing,
Clive?  I wanna go private.

369
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,000
The FSS didn't do
what they were asked last time.

370
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,160
They'll be defensive
if they have to go over it again.

371
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,080
Hello.
I'm Angela Gallop, strategic lead.

372
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,240
And this is Ed Jarman...
Hi.

373
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,400
..one of our forensic scientists.
Hello.

374
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,560
DCI Clive Driscoll.
DI Shaun King.

375
00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:01,920
First things first, I want you
to test for everything,

376
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,720
blood, hair, fibres.

377
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,280
If there's a test or a process
out there, I want it done.

378
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,760
Now, you might know full well,
"No point testing for this or that,"

379
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,800
but I'm gonna ask you
to do it anyway.

380
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,880
There have been huge advances in
micro-spectroscopy since the '90s.

381
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,560
That's great, er,
but before we get into that,

382
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,720
I'd be grateful
if you could sign this memorandum

383
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,280
confirming that the forensic review
will be police-led.

384
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,480
I don't think I've ever
had to sign one of these before.

385
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,520
No, it's something I came up with.

386
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,240
I'll be carrying the can
on this one.

387
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,760
We don't wanna repeat the mistakes
of the last forensic investigation.

388
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,360
You were saying about the tests?

389
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,880
Yes. Looking at the FSS reports,

390
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,680
I mean, the obvious omission
is a Phadebas press test.

391
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,680
Sorry, that's an alpha-amylase test.
Saliva.

392
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,600
Yeah, I mean, like I say,
half of what you're doing

393
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,520
will be lost on me,
but I want you to do it anyway.

394
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,520
We do need to bear in mind
that this was a brief attack.

395
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,760
I don't want to overpromise.

396
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,760
But, as we say,
every contact leaves a trace.

397
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,600
Thank you.

398
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,800
Right.

399
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,880
They weren't excited enough.

400
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,560
Seemed keen to get going to me.

401
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,880
It's that "brief attack" line.
It lowers expectations.

402
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,400
I mean, he was attacked
by five lads, for Chrissakes.

403
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,600
What's brief times five?
It's not brief, is it?

404
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,760
We've just got to
bring it to life for them.

405
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:45,000
It's a technical reconstruction, so
no need for, er, amateur dramatics.

406
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,680
Shaun here is gonna stand in
for one of the attackers.

407
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,720
You all right with that, Theo?

408
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,080
Yeah. Sure. I... remember the case.

409
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,000
Well, I don't remember it,
obviously.

410
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,880
I was only a kid.

411
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,600
Yeah. You were, weren't you?

412
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,280
Did I say the wrong thing?

413
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,040
No, it's just that
it's been a long wait, hasn't it?

414
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,080
For them.

415
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,480
Right, well, Stephen's body
was covered in bruises and abrasions

416
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,720
from being kicked and punched.

417
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,720
There were two stab wounds,
both about five inches each,

418
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,800
on the right collarbone
and left shoulder.

419
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,360
We're gonna go through each
of the witness statements in turn,

420
00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:25,920
work out the consistencies,

421
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,160
and see if we can work out
how the injuries fit.

422
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,160
So, you come at him
from this direction.

423
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,400
Stephen's hand turns, and
as they surround him, he goes under.

424
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,680
Yeah, on your right side.

425
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,800
That matches the position
for the entry wound.

426
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:48,120
Er, witnesses say
a punch was thrown,

427
00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,440
a kick that didn't land.

428
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,640
Then Stephen tries to wriggle free.

429
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,720
This is when the second stab wound
might have been sustained.

430
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,760
No, no, no, overarm,
like you're bowling.

431
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,320
Yeah.

432
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,120
Go.

433
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,480
Not long enough. You got through
less than half the injuries.

434
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,760
He's got abrasions here,
here and here, on the left side.

435
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,080
Then he's got entry wounds
on the left and the right,

436
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,080
so, somewhere, he's flipped.

437
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,000
There had to be more blows.

438
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,080
Go.

439
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,120
Good lad.

440
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,640
Are you all right there, Shaun?

441
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,680
Bit warm?

442
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,360
You OK, Theo?

443
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,200
Yeah. Just, you know...

444
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,880
..I just really hope you nail them,
guv. That's all.

445
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,080
That wasn't brief.

446
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,720
In anyone's book,
that is an intense,

447
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,800
relatively prolonged assault.

448
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,640
Our estimate is 25 to 30 seconds.

449
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,280
The first investigation
described it as "a brief attack",

450
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,600
and that's haunted us ever since.

451
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,480
That phrase has been as good
as an alibi to the murderers.

452
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,440
There must have been a very large
amount of contact, in fact.

453
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,760
And I'm thinking about
the attackers' trousers.

454
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,280
Just looking at the video,
Stephen was on the ground.

455
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,240
They must have had to kick him
to keep him down.

456
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,680
There are so many opportunities
for fibre transfer.

457
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,280
And if there were multiple blows
after the stabbing,

458
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,640
then there's potential
for a lot more droplet dispersal.

459
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:55,000
And the rips in Stephen's clothing,
that's a potential site for...  Mm.

460
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,120
This opens up a lot
of interesting avenues,

461
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,800
but there's one problem.

462
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,320
The Forensic Science Service.

463
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,080
I told them to send you everything.

464
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,520
Yes, well, they didn't.
They withheld their paperwork

465
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,920
on the grounds that
they're commercially sensitive.

466
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,200
I will give you 48 hours,
then I'm getting a Section 1 warrant

467
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,920
and I'm seizing MY exhibits.

468
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,480
They're civil servants.

469
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,800
You can't get a warrant
against the government, can you?

470
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,200
They're interfering
with the administration of justice.

471
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,440
I tell you, just trying to make
a start on this case

472
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,640
is like pulling teeth.
OK. Leave it with me.

473
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,920
Here you go.
Thank you.

474
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,000
Hello...

475
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,360
You're not from round here, are you?

476
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:35,120
Red fibres?
Must be from the ambulance blanket.

477
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:36,280
They're red, aren't they?

478
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,240
Thought of that,

479
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,280
but these are a completely different
colour under magnification.

480
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,720
Almost orange. We keep finding more
of them on Stephen's outer garments.

481
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,960
What about Stephen's polo shirt?
Can you test against that?

482
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,440
The polo shirt
was under two other layers.

483
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,480
'I can't see how the fibres
could transfer.'

484
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,360
If the test can be done,
I want it done.

485
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:15,840
You were right.

486
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,800
The fibres are microscopically
indistinguishable

487
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,400
from Stephen's polo shirt.

488
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,880
So, back to your question -
how did they get there?

489
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:32,520
For Stephen's polo shirt to transfer
fibres to the outside of his coat...

490
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,120
they must have had high...
"shedability".

491
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:41,320
Well, I'm not sure that's a word,
but yes.

492
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,400
Remarkably high... "shedability".

493
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,600
So those fibres could be...

494
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,680
On anything
that touched Stephen's coat.

495
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,960
It certainly helps
to know what we're looking for.

496
00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,680
So this is it?
This is your final report?

497
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,280
Yes.

498
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,600
And while we do not ultimately find

499
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,440
the corruption allegations
presented in the documentary

500
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,120
to be credible,

501
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,760
we do make several
learning recommendations

502
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,680
to the Metropolitan Police.

503
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,440
But you didn't actually
interview Davidson.

504
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,280
As ex-Detective Sergeant Davidson
is no longer a serving officer,

505
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,240
we couldn't compel him
to co-operate.

506
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:27,680
At any rate,
we were unable to find any documents

507
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,280
to corroborate Mr Putnam's claims.

508
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,720
This was an investigation
into police corruption and cover-up.

509
00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:39,880
Surely you wouldn't expect officers
to document their own malfeasances.

510
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:44,080
We found no evidence at all
to suggest corruption.

511
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,600
I know this is not the outcome
you wanted, Mrs Lawrence,

512
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,320
but I am confident
that Putnam was mistaken.

513
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,120
Well, I'm glad you're confident.

514
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,720
Personally, I don't have
much confidence in police officers

515
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,640
investigating police officers.

516
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,880
19-year-old French au pair
gave a witness statement, but...

517
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:12,840
Angela.

518
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,480
Your theory of "shedability"
was correct.

519
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,120
These were found on Dobson's jacket

520
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,720
and these on Norris's trousers.

521
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:26,200
Microscopically indistinguishable
from Stephen's polo shirt.

522
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,520
You realise this is the first
physical evidence

523
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,440
linking any of the suspects
with Stephen?

524
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,160
I think we can say
your hunch has been vindicated.

525
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,440
So... you're telling me
we've got a case?

526
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,640
Yes, I think you do.

527
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,520
I think it's time
for us to speak to the family.

528
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,760
'Looking ahead to tomorrow, and that
band of low pressure lifts...'

529
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,240
Hi, Mum.
Hi, Gina.

530
00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:20,560
Were you working late again
last night?

531
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,040
When do you ever relax?

532
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,760
I've got a job to do.

533
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,240
Mum, you need time for yourself,
too, you know?

534
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:32,160
You should think about
putting yourself out there more.

535
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,080
I AM out there and busy.

536
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,160
I am! I've got the centre,
I've got fundraising

537
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,600
and bursary applications...

538
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:43,120
Mum, that's not what I mean.
I'm talking about... you know.

539
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,400
Well, it's not like I'm hiding away,
is it?

540
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,120
I would like to have some company,

541
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,680
but men don't seems to know
how to approach me.

542
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,760
Mr Lawrence. Thank you so much
for making the time, sir.

543
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,280
All right. You're just in time.

544
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,440
I'm flying back to Jamaica tomorrow,

545
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,920
and I have a school visit
this afternoon.

546
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,280
I understand that you've been asked

547
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,040
to carry out some kind of review
of my son's case.

548
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,440
Well, given the progress we've made,

549
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,040
it's now a full reinvestigation.

550
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,720
And I wasn't asked.
I volunteered, as it happens.

551
00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:33,640
Progress?
Yes.

552
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,720
I have to ask you
to keep this to yourself,

553
00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:39,280
but we've found new evidence
implicating several of the suspects.

554
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,640
What kind of evidence?

555
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:45,280
Forensic evidence.
Fibres from Stephen's clothing

556
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,760
have been found
on the suspects' clothing.

557
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,440
Right.

558
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:55,600
So...

559
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,760
Sorry, I... I wasn't expecting this.

560
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,520
The forensic review is ongoing.

561
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,600
Look, I don't want you
to get your hopes up,

562
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,720
but this is the first time
we've had actual physical evidence

563
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,160
linking the suspects to your son.

564
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:17,080
And... And these suspects,
you mean the same boys...?

565
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,120
Yes.
Four members of the Acourt gang.

566
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:28,000
Good. That's... good news.

567
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,560
Sorry,
I'm not really used to good news.

568
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,520
Well, you've waited a long time.

569
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,800
Too long.

570
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,520
I can only apologise for that.

571
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,000
You say you volunteered
to take on my son's case?

572
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,400
I did, sir, yes.
Why you do that?

573
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,080
I think a young lad
should be able to catch the bus home

574
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:54,840
without being killed.

575
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,640
I mean, if we can't solve a murder
like Stephen's,

576
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,680
what's the point of us?

577
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,640
Just do your best, officer.

578
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,920
That's all we ever ask, you know.
Just...

579
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,880
..do your best, for Stephen.

580
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,960
'There's racism
in every walk of life.

581
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,880
'Look, we have a candidate
for London Mayor, Boris Johnson,

582
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,520
'who talks about "piccaninnies
with watermelon smiles".

583
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,600
'That's not banter, that's racism.'

584
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,320
'I think Boris is right.

585
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:03,880
'This isn't about justice any more,
it's politically-correct hysteria.

586
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,280
'We have Jean on the line.'

587
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,000
'I don't know
why people give her a platform.

588
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,840
'I mean, it was, what,
15 years ago, almost?

589
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,680
'Can't we move on?'

590
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,400
So what do you think this is about?

591
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,000
Well, they could be about to tell us
it's the end of the road.

592
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,440
What do you mean? That they'll
close the investigation?

593
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,240
Well, we won't accept that.
No, of course not.

594
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,960
Detective Chief Inspector
Clive Driscoll

595
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,720
has been leading a review
of your son's case,

596
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:46,200
and I am going to ask him
to provide an update.

597
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,120
This is in confidence, of course.

598
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,200
Erm, thank you.

599
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,600
First of all,
we reviewed the forensics,

600
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,240
and we believe
we've found new evidence

601
00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:58,800
linking Stephen
with several suspects.

602
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,320
Er...

603
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,080
Now, obviously, this is
not a real person, obviously.

604
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,200
Sorry. Yeah, obv... obviously.

605
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:14,360
What this is is a distribution
of fibres from Stephen's clothing.

606
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,000
Some of the red fibres
from his T-shirt

607
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,600
have been found on the clothes
of some of the suspects.

608
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,600
And they are definitely from his...
Red polo top.

609
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,480
That's the one, ma'am, yes.

610
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,920
So this is... exciting news.

611
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:37,080
You said "suspects".
Who are these suspects?

612
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:38,400
Oh, yes, sorry.

613
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,400
So far, we've, er, found fibres
that link Dobson, Norris

614
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:42,960
and both the Acourts.

615
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:47,280
The same names I gave to a detective
who was in your shoes in 1993.

616
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,320
The names he didn't even look at.

617
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,840
You know, every few years,
I get called into these meetings

618
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,320
to be told about
the new leads you're pursuing,

619
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,280
but I gave you leads.

620
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,640
I gave you the names 13 years ago
and nothing was done.

621
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:06,640
Well, that is
what we're here to rectify.

622
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,080
But why does it need
to be rectified?

623
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,320
Why has it taken 13 years?

624
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,280
Building a case
is a complex process. Often, it's...

625
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,160
Ma'am, excuse me. If I may.

626
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,320
Mrs Lawrence, I don't have
the answers to all your questions.

627
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,120
Mistakes were made.

628
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,480
Some of the mistakes,
I can see how they were made.

629
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,560
There were mistaken assumptions
made about the nature of the attack.

630
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,000
I wanna start from scratch
and correct those mistakes.

631
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,880
Other mistakes...

632
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,400
I can't explain them.

633
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,680
There were inexcusable errors
that meant that we failed

634
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:45,040
in our duty
to your family and to Stephen.

635
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,240
But this is my case now,

636
00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:52,280
and I promise you...

637
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,640
..I won't rest
until I arrest your son's killers.

638
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,680
So will you trust me?

639
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,320
Trust has to be earned, Mr Driscoll.

640
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,560
You started off a bit...
Yeah.

641
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:13,080
But she came round.

642
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,320
We'll see.

643
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,440
Got a lot of ground to make up,
haven't we?

644
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,640
Well, that was... surprising.
Hm.

645
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,960
Bit of a character, isn't he,
DCI Driscoll?

646
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,160
What did you think of him?

647
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:30,880
We'll see.

648
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:36,200
# My old man said follow the van

649
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,440
# And don't dilly-dally on the way

650
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,680
# Off went the cart
With me whole life in it

651
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,400
# I followed on
With me old cock linnet

652
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,920
# I dillied and dallied
Dallied and dillied

653
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,800
# Lost my way
And don't know where to roam

654
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:58,880
# Well, you can't trust a special
Like an old-time copper

655
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,040
# When you can't find
Your way home. #

656
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,920
"New state-of-the-art developments
in forensic science"?

657
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,600
He told me not to tell nobody,
but it's all here.

658
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:18,840
"Will you trust me?"
He actually asked me that.

659
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:23,680
You know what this is. Same old Met.

660
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,520
What?

661
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:38,200
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