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Scotland Yard Commissioner: Bernard Hogan-Howe said other people involved in the murder of Stephen Lawrence ‘should not rest easily in their beds’

There could be as many as seven more suspects involved in the murder of Stephen Lawrence, detectives believe.

The number includes Luke Knight as well as brothers Neil and Jamie Acourt.

The three were named alongside Gary Dobson and David Norris when the Daily Mail took the unprecedented step in 1997 of naming all five as killers and challenged the gang to sue the newspaper. They never did.

However detectives are refusing to identify exactly who they believe had played a part in the attack.

Detective Superintendent Jill Bailey, who oversaw the latest Lawrence inquiry, said: ‘We all know from the evidence given in court that there were more than two attackers.

‘I am always hopeful that we can convict others because there have been quite a number of cases over the years which from forensic advancements, changing allegiances of people and new information have been solved many years after they occurred.’

Since the 1993 murder, 16 suspects have been arrested, 1,378 witness statements have been taken and 835 house-to-house inquiries carried out.

Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll, who was in charge of the day-to-day running of the case, said that a total of 187 people were considered by the new Lawrence inquiry which started in 2006.
‘Everybody was considered on their merits. Eventually that number was scaled down,’ he said.

The revelation comes as Britain’s top police officer said today ‘the other people involved in the murder of Stephen Lawrence should not rest easily in their beds’.

Scotland Yard Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe welcomed the convictions of David Norris and Gary Dobson for the racist murder and he urged people to come forward with more information about the 1993 killing.

In a direct appeal for further potential witnesses, he added: ‘Anything you know, please tell us… We can make a difference in this case still.’

Quest for justice: The Met’s Acting Deputy Commissioner, Cressida Dick, speaks at a press conference following the verdicts

Guilty: Gary Dobson, left, and David Norris went on trial for the murder of Stephen Lawrence six weeks ago. Both men denied the charge

Stephen in his favourite t-shirt when he was about 16 years old

He urged people to come forward with
more information about the 1993 killing as he hailed family members and
forensic officers for their work securing the convictions of David
Norris and Gary Dobson.

Dobson was today sentenced to a
minimum of 15 years and two months in jail for the offence. Norris
received a minimum of 14 years and three months.

Lawrence’s best friend has said the
guilty verdicts should inspire investigators to increase their efforts
in bringing others to justice.

‘I hope, more than ever, this
inspires the investigating team to work harder to bring the rest of the
suspects before a jury,’ said Duwayne Brooks, who was with Stephen on
the night of the attack.

Commissioner Hogan-Howe backed that
view and said: ‘We are actively reviewing the consequences of what
opportunities might be presented’ by yesterday’s guilty verdicts by a
jury at the Old Bailey.

In a direct appeal for further
potential witnesses, he added: ‘Anything you know, please tell us… We
can make a difference in this case still.’

When asked about allegations that the
Metropolitan Police was still institutionally racist, Mr Hogan-Howe
said: ‘I hope we are not but it is a bit like asking someone if they are
a nice person. Are we the best people to ask?’

He said the force was ‘hugely different from where we were’ at the time of Mr Lawrence’s death.

Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey – nearly 19 years after Mr Lawrence’s death.

But eyewitnesses to the fatal 1993
attack said there were more than two assailants – five or six people
engulfed the 18-year-old in a flurry of racist violence.

Commissioner Hogan-Howe’s words
follow those of his colleague, Acting Deputy Commissioner Cressida Dick,
who acknowledged that convictions could have been brought earlier had
the initial investigation been handled differently.

Acting Deputy Commissioner Dick
said that it was still not ‘the end of the road’ in the search for the
remaining killers.

‘We do, of course, acknowledge that there were five people involved on the night that Stephen was murdered,’ she said.

‘We have not brought all those people to justice, so if we get new evidence, if we have further opportunities, we will respond to that.

‘And no doubt in the future the case will be reviewed, as other murders are if they are unresolved, to some extent. We don’t see this as the end of the road.’

ADC Dick also apologised for the way the investigation was conducted, saying: ‘It’s a matter of huge regret to the Met it took 18 years to get to this point.’

In the latest stage of the probe into Mr Lawrence’s death, officers were left with a list of nine potential suspects.

Former Detective Superintendent Jill Bailey, who recently retired, said she was ‘hopeful’ that the remaining killers could be brought to justice.

‘I’m always hopeful because there have
been quite a number of cases over the years from forensic advancements,
the changing allegiance of people who are related to a number of cases,
and new information that is reported to us.

‘So as a detective officer involved in
a number of cases that are solved many, many years after they first
occur, of course I’m hopeful.’

No such thing as closure: Mrs Lawrence has also said that she is no longer angry, but is still filled with sadness over her son’s death in 1993

LIST OF SUSPECTS WHITTLED
DOWN FROM 187 TO JUST NINE

Nine people are suspected of having a part in the killing of Stephen Lawrence but police only had enough evidence to charge just two of them.

Detectives said the nine were whittled down from a list of 187 names that had been given to the investigation team over the years.

The ‘prime suspects’ are Gary Dobson and David Norris – both now convicted – and Luke Knight, Neil Acourt and Jamie Acourt.

The MacPherson Report into police failings during the original investigation added four other youths who were ‘of interest’ to police.

In total 16 suspects have been arrested since 1993, 1,378 witness statements have been taken, 835 house-to-house inquiries carried out and 42 people have given police information.

Eyewitnesses Royston Westbrook and Joseph
Shepherd identified an attacker with fair hair, however no one fitting
that description has ever been charged.

Edward Jarman, from private company LGC that uncovered key forensic evidence in the trial, said the firm was no longer examining items related to the case. The Met has no live lines of inquiry.

But Ms Bailey said she would not want to jeopardise the chances of future prosecutions.

Urging restraint by the media, Ms Bailey said: ‘We all know from the evidence that was given in court that there were more than two attackers involved in this attack.

‘From my point of view, I would want to keep the integrity of any chance that we have of finding out who the other attackers were.’

But the Crown Prosecution Service said that, after 18 years the ‘only realistic prospect for conviction was in relation to Dobson and Norris’.

Chief prosecutor Alison Saunders said: ‘We certainly did not think there was a realistic prospect of conviction against the other three.’

Hopeful: Although Duwayne Brooks was critical of the way police conducted the initial investigation, he now believes further progress can be made

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.

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

He told ITV London Tonight: ‘It can’t be full closure because all the suspects are not found guilty. But I’m happy we have a guilty verdict.

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

Top-ranking officers at Scotland Yard have said the force will continue working to bring the rest of Mr Lawrence’s killers to justice.

Witnesses to the fatal attack in Eltham, south east London, said there were more than two assailants – five or six people engulfed the 18-year-old in a flurry of racist violence.

Mr Brooks, who managed to escape, told the programme: ‘I wish we both had run for our lives to be honest, I wish we both had ran, but only I had ran and Stephen stuck in his position and was attacked by the group of white boys. Stabbed and died.

‘All I could think about was why? Why Steve? Never done anything to anybody, no fights, no argument, yet he’s been murdered because he’s black.’

He added: ‘We were interrupted by a group of white boys on the opposite side of the road who shouted out “What? What? N*****”.

‘My response was obviously shock, immediate fear.

Murder scene: The bus stop at which Stephen Lawrence was killed in Eltham, London on April 23, 1993

‘We were in a part of London back then which was dangerous for black people, let alone young black boys by themselves, and there was a gang of six white boys on the other side of the road.

‘One began to withdraw a weapon from their trousers and from then it was immediate fear and run.’

Mr Brooks also criticised the way he was treated by police immediately after the attack.

‘The treatment was appalling, for me. It was the constant questions around my integrity and Steve’s integrity,’ he said.

‘There was disbelief that we were innocent.

‘I was even questioned about the words “What? What? N*****”. Senior officers at the station on that night did not believe that was said and instead were suggesting it could have been a nickname for Steve that I did not know about.

‘I felt like I was in a battle with the police on that night to convince them that we were innocent, we had not done anything wrong.’

One of London’s senior officers said the case may never had got this far without the campaigning of the Lawrence family to get justice for their son.

Acting Deputy Commissioner Cressida Dick also acknowledged the history of the investigation had damaged the reputation of the capital’s police force and in a different scenario there might have been convictions much earlier.

She said: ‘All murder cases are absolutely dreadful.This case is extraordinarily important not just to the Met but society at large.

Critical: Speaking outside the court, Doreen Lawrence
said: ‘Had the police done their job properly, I would have spent the
last 18 years grieving for my son rather than fighting to get his
killers to court’

‘Firstly the nature of the horrific attack, secondly no one had been brought to justice.’

She added the subsequent public inquiry had an ‘extraordinary effect on policing, the law and the wider society and politics’.

She continued: ‘It’s a very important murder case and the events surrounding the first investigation and subsequent inquiry of course is damaging to the reputation of the Met.

‘This is case that we of course want to bring people to justice, but it’s just like any other cases where people have been murdered.’

Asked to explain why it took so long to get justice she said: ‘It’s very hard with hindsight.

‘One can imagine other scenarios back in the mid 1990s where we might have ended up with convictions much earlier.

Grief stricken: Neville and Doreen have had a
long battle for justice. This picture was taken one week after his death
on April 22, 1993

‘We accept the criticisms. The Met could have done better. It’s a matter of huge regret to the Met it took 18 years to get to this point.

‘Everybody would acknowledge the extraordinary effect the constant campaign of the Lawrence’s had during the 1990s and I pay tribute to that.

‘It’s because of them the issues of this case raised and raises were put so much in the public eye and the result of which we had a public inquiry and it had a massive effect on policing.

‘I accept it’s quite possible we might not be where we are today without the work they did.’

She added initially relations between the police and the Lawrence family had not been good, but over the past decade things have improved.

Ordeal: A sketch of Stephen Lawrence’s parents Doreen and Neville sitting in close proximity to Gary Dobson and David Norris

She said: ‘One of the very strong recommendations of the public inquiry was for the police to develop much better family relationships in all cases.

‘Clearly in the first investigation the relationship with the family was not good and it’s been a really important thing to try and ensure the family get what they need from the police.

‘They were informed about what was going on. I guess it’s not really for us to say how well we have done, it’s for them.

‘We felt well supported by them and their advisors in the last ten years.

‘It’s an extraordinary inquiry. It’s clearly unique.  We can’t think of a large case that ran on and on over 18 years with the level on intensive investigation almost throughout the whole period.’

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