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January 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Doreen Lawrence says she believes her son’s grave would be desecrated if it was in UK
By
Charles Walford
Last updated at 11:11 AM on 4th January 2012
Stephen Lawrence is buried in a remote location in the rural highlands of Jamaica, his mother has revealed.
The family chose to lay him to rest alongside his great-grandmother in a secluded spot near where Doreen Lawrence used to play as as a child.
However, the exact location of the grave
remains a fiercely guarded secret, she said, to allow her to visit him
in peace and quietly reflect.
She told the BBC’s Panorama programme that his family feared his grave would be desecrated if it was in the UK.
Private grief: Stephen’s grave is in a secret location in Jamaica, next to that of his great-grandmother
Resting place: Stephen Lawrence’s mother says her son is buried in the Caribbean because Britain ‘didn’t deserve to have him’
Fading: Mrs Lawrence said it will soon be time to change the photo of her son on the grave
Mrs Lawrence, who came to the UK at the age of nine, said: ‘Here nobody knows where he is.
‘Then
again, I don’t think the country deserves to have his body there anyway
because they took his life.
‘I think it’s still the best thing we did, that we brought him here so he can be next to his great-grandmother so she can look after him.’
She added: ‘I am really pleased I have
buried him here, because had he been buried in the UK his grave would
have been desecrated so many times.’
The grave bears a picture of her murdered son which will soon be replaced because it is fading, Mrs Lawrence said.
In the programme Mrs Lawrence looks through pictures of Stephen as a child and says she is protective of his memory.
She says: ‘I don’t like the idea of too many
photos of Stephen being out. I just think everybody seems to want to
have photos of him and I just think “no”.
‘The one is enough, that way you have some control.’
Mrs Lawrence makes a visit to her son’s grave in an area of Jamaica where she used to play as a child
Memory: Stephen’s grave in a remote corner of Jamaica. The exact location is a secret, to enable the family to visit him in peace
With his family; Stephen’s grave, right, is beside that of his great-grandmother
Mrs Lawrence can also be seen looking at Stephen’s cap and jumper, complete with badges, from when he was a cub and scout.
She leafs through some of his writings but says she still cannot bring herself to read them.
‘I came across this. He did it on April 7, 15 days before he died he did it,’ she says.
‘I can’t read it, I find it difficult, when I look at what he could achieve. I’m not ready to read this yet.’
Yesterday there was finally some justice for her son after an 18-year ordeal.
As well as the immeasurable grief and anger caused by the murder of her son, she and her husband Neville, their marriage already under strain, were finally driven apart by Stephen’s death.
As the verdicts on Gary Dobson and David Norris were returned the Lawrences sat ten feet apart, but wept at exactly the same time.
Doreen Lawrence gave Panorama rare access to childhood photos of Stephen
Doreen Lawrence says she is very protective of her son’s memory and doesn’t want too many pictures of him available to the public
During the BBC Panorama programme Mrs Lawrence is seen going through Stephen’s childhood belongings
After the two men had been found guilty,
Doreen Lawrence was applauded as she read a statement outside the Old
Bailey. But this wasn’t a cause for celebration, she said.
‘How can I celebrate when my son lies
buried? When I cannot see him or speak to him? When will I see him grow
up and go to university or get married or have children? These verdicts
will not bring my son back.
‘How can I celebrate when I know that
this day could have come 18 years ago if the police, who were meant to
find my son’s killers, had not failed so miserably to do so?’
Of Stephen she said: ‘I now want
people to remember him as a bright, beautiful young man who any parent
of whatever background would have been proud of.
‘He was a wonderful son and a shining
example of what any parent would want in a child. I miss him with a
passion. Hopefully now he can rest in peace.’
When she visited Stephen’s grave in March she told the BBC that when she returned she would like to be able to tell him that someone had gone to prison for his death.
At least now she can.
Stephen’s mother says he was a creative and sporty child. She still thinks about him ‘practically all the time’
Doreen Lawrence uses her visits to the grave to quietly reflect on her Stephen’s life
By PAUL HARRIS AND DAVID JONES
Last updated at 11:11 AM on 4th January 2012
Cherished son: Stephen Lawrence
He was 18 and on the brink of fulfilling his ambition to train as an architect.
In
school he was a promising student; outside, a burgeoning athlete. By
the time six weeks of evidence came to a close at the Old Bailey, the
jury knew everything about Stephen Lawrence’s death, right down to the
angle the knife was plunged into his chest.
They
knew virtually nothing about his life. Remarkably, they were never even
shown his photograph. In truth, his story is unremarkable – but one
which illustrates how a single act of violence snatched away a young
man’s future and devastated an ordinary, decent family.
The
oldest of three children, Stephen was born on September 13, 1974. His
brother Stuart is two years younger and sister Georgina six years
younger.
The brothers
squabbled like any teenage siblings, but remained close. Days before he
died, Stephen had forgiven Stuart for dismantling his Sony Walkman to
see how it worked.
Stuart,
now a teacher, has previously said: ‘It was great having a big brother.
No-one messed with me. Stephen was tall and cool and had lots of
friends.’
When the
children were growing up, the Lawrences did everything as a family. They
attended the local Trinity Methodist Church, where Stephen volunteered
to help old people. The family ate together around the table when
possible and went on traditional English holidays.
At
the time Stephen was murdered he was doing A-levels at Blackheath
Bluecoat School, where he was popular, gregarious, confident. He was
never known to have caused a fight. Rio Ferdinand, later to become a
Manchester United and England soccer star, was a fellow pupil. Ferdinand
was a few years below Stephen, but Stephen, a keen Arsenal fan, knew
him through their mutual interest in football.
In any case, he was the kind of
figure that new pupils would look up to. When first years arrived, it
was Stephen whom teachers chose as part of the team that showed them
around. They regarded him as a role model and knew his easy manner would
make youngsters feel at ease.
He
wasn’t an angel, of course, and during his mid-teens his parents were
worried he wasn’t working hard enough. Later, he realised how important
his exams would be and got back on track. Had his path not crossed with a
group of thugs, he would have made a success of his life.
‘As a young boy Stephen was never a problem,’ his father Neville said.
‘He
had worked out what he wanted to do in life.’
He was a quick learner by
all accounts, and very talented at drawing. An architect where Stephen
did work experience offered to take him on when he passed his exams.
Even
at 18 he was quite industrious – he designed and made T-shirts
featuring drawings and cartoon characters, and sold them with a friend
to shops in Camden Town. He also took a part-time job in McDonald’s.
Public tribute: Flowers are laid next to the memorial plaque dedicated to Stephen Lawrence on Well Hall Road near Eltham
Like his father, who had been a
champion distance-runner, Stephen was a good athlete. He was
comparatively short at 5ft 8in but sprinted 100metres for Cambridge
Harriers and was the second fastest among his age group. The fact that
he didn’t try to flee the gang is one of the enduring mysteries of what
happened that night.
Stephen’s
father, Neville, had wanted to be an architect too. But growing up in
Jamaica, he was so poor that he had to go to work at 14, and he became
an upholsterer.
Hence, the family hoped Stephen would realise his father’s unfulfilled dream.
At
one point Stephen, who was taken to Jamaica as a baby, even considered
going back to the Caribbean to forge a career there. Instead, the island
was to become his final resting place because his family feared his
grave would be attacked by racists if it was in England.
His
mother, Doreen, told the BBC’s Panorama: ‘I am really pleased I have
buried him here, because had he been buried in the UK his grave would
have been desecrated so many times.
‘Here
nobody knows where he is. Then again, I don’t think the country
deserves to have his body there anyway because they took his life.
‘I
think it’s still the best thing we did, that we brought him here so he
can be next to his great-grandmother so she can look after him.’
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While I agree this was tragic for the family and am glad there has at last been some form of justice done, why has this merited special status. If everybody who has lost a loved one in similar circumstances was allowed a plaque at the spot we would be inundated.
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Doreen Lawrence conveys the views of many black British people when she says that her son wanted to try and forger a career in the Caribbean. I was born here, but if I had the money, I would certainly move to the Caribbean because there is still a lot of racism in the UK and often it can prove intolerable.
As for why she chose for his burial place to be in Jamaica, it is clear why she would do this because his grave WOULD have been desecrated just as his memorial plaque on the pavement has been desecrated time and time and time again by white racists.
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Watched the programme last night and wept all through. The Lawrence family, especially Mrs, are to be commended and emulated for the way they turned an act of utter evil to something positive-there have been so many good things to come out of the aftermath of the horrible murder of their loved one because of their actions as they’ve grieved these 18+years! I kept thinking as I watched the programme that I don’t think I would have been able to be so strong should something that horrific happen to my son, but I am so grateful Mrs Lawrence has that strength to keep fighting for justice. Through her work, institutionalised racism has been exposed, changes have been made and are still being made, and at least two of her son’s murderers are off the streets. She has made Britain a better place for every right minded person, thank-you, Mrs. Lawrence for never giving up! I pray with my whole heart we prove our selves worthy.
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The Lawrence family have had support from 99% of this country for almost 19 years. What happened to Stephen was disgusting and the violent, racist thugs deserve to rot in jail for what they did.
What surprised me after watching Panorama last night was how Stephens Mother thought that Britain didn’t deserve to have Stephens body buried here, the country he’d called home, and that his grave would be desecrated. I understand that that she’s felt pain and suffering and lost her child but I felt some of her comments were a little close to the knuckle.
Yes Stephens murder was racially motivated but don’t tar this country because of a few twisted, disgusting thugs.
Can anyone remember the murders of Ross Parker or Richard Everitte? Richards murderers have never faced justice either and both were racially motivated.
Murder is murder whatever the colour.
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Not a secret if you publish the picture is it? Leave the lad alone, his family have suffered enough.
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God Bless you Stephen. God Bless your family and those who knew and loved you.
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No offence, what happend was wrong and sad, but do we now have to have this daily in the media.
As for the grave being desecrated, by whom and why and not if she had kept it private.
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reading this moved me beyond words…..
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You know, reading through this, it could be the epitaph to anyone who’s lost a child through such needlessness. The loss this family has experienced from not seeing how their brother/son, who had the prospect to do well in life, would have progressed through the years is so clear and I count myself very very lucky to have not been put through such a circumstance.
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If more parents put the same effort into loving and caring for their children as Stephen’s parents, then maybe there wouldn’t be as many scum bags on our streets committing awful crimes.
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