Stephen Lawrence’s brother Stuart reveals he still lives in fear of his older sibling’s killers
STEPHEN Lawrence’s brother says he still lives in fear of his older brother’s killers.
On the 25th anniversary of his brother’s murder Stuart Lawrence, 41, said he “worries” the thugs who stabbed his brother to death know where he lives.
After years of tirelessly campaigning for the rest of the gang to be brought to justice the 41-year-old said he fears retaliation from the thugs.
Talking to he said: “My mum worries about me lots and I worry about myself. Before it was just myself that I had to worry about, you go through a stage of immortality, but the older I get, I worry. I’m fearful.
“These people have now got families of their own, they’ve got extended family. I don’t know what they look like, they know what we look like.”
In the aftermath of his brother’s death Stuart said his family suffered a number of threats including his dad’s car being vandalised prompting them to move out of their family home.
Today marks 25 years since 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was fatally stabbed in a racist attack by up to six men in Elthan, south-east London.
What followed was one of the longest and mishandled murder investigations in Met Police history allowing the suspected killers to evade justice for nearly two decades.
Only Gary Dobson and David Norris were convicted of his murder in 2012 after breakthrough DNA evidence linked them to the 1993 attack.
Three others, Luke Knight and brothers Jamie and Neil Acourt were never convicted but the Lawrence family believe they are connected.
Unlike dad Neville, 76, who said he had forgiven the thugs who butchered his son to death, Stuart said he can’t bring himself to do the same.
But both Stuart and Neville still hold resentment against the police officers handling the case who they believe were bungling, racist and corrupt.
Talking to Neville said: “The only bad feeling I have today is that if this case was solved quickly by the police my family wouldn’t have broken up. It would have put less strain and pressure on us.
The 41-year-old teacher also boldly suggested officers found to have botched the investigation should lose their pensions as well as standing trial.
Earlier in the week the country was gripped by the BBC three-part documentary Stephen: A Murder That Changed a Nation as it laid bare harrowing details of Stephen’s killing.
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