Stephen Lawrence/Damilola Taylor

[jocasta]

I dont want to be controversial, but why are these two murders constantly in the news? Are they the only people who have been murdered in the last 20 years...what is so 'special' about these cases, is it because they were racially motivated? Im not being flippant, i genuinely want to know. TIA

[Booldawg]

The Stephen Lawrence murder is always in the press due to the way it was (mis) handled by the police. But then again if you hold a public enquiry into ANY unsolved murder case you are bound to find reams of evidence of mal-practise. I remember the Damilola Taylor one when it was first released was being cited as a 'Racist murder' when they found that there was a distinct possibility that the murderer wasnt white the story lost a bit of momentum.

[sp1814]

Jocasta

There are some murders that strike a chord with the public. Holly and Jessica was one, Damilola and Stephen were another.

When kids get murdered, it does and should shock us. If Holly & Jessica's killer was never found, it would still be news.

I mean, we still read about the Moors Murderers and their victims...

[beryllium]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1157992 006

[whiffey]

Conviction today in the Damilola case.

2 black kids (thugs). The word racist is not being used....

[tyler06]

how could he's nigerian parents just send him to london to live with his aunt

[LazyGun]

Are you confusing the Damilola case with the Klimbie girl Tyler?
He lived with his mother and others of his family.Quotation below taken from the BBC website.

"Born and brought up in Lagos, Nigeria, he had come to Britain three months earlier with his mother Gloria, elder sister Bemi and elder brother Tunde.

Damilola's father Richard had to stay behind in Lagos because of his work.

Gloria and Richard Taylor had met and married in Britain in 1977, but left for West Africa in 1982. They returned to England in 2000 to get better treatment for Bemi, who suffered from a severe form of epilepsy.

Soon after arriving, she became ill and was admitted to King's College Hospital. The family stayed in London with a relative on a north Peckham estate, so Bemi could continue receiving treatment. "

[tyler06]

maybe lazygun but if damilola was a refugee how could his father come when he finished work comitments, any way they got the b*****ds

[sp1814]

Overjoyed that they caught the people who killed Dami.

I hope and pray that they're locked up with a great big bloke who wants them to be his 'wives'.

[ianess]

Why was the original jury in the Damilola case not given the opportunity to convict on the reduced charge of manslaughter in the first place?
A tragic incident that has dragged on for years still leaves many questions unanswered regardling the whole scenario........there always was a doubt about whether or not there was enough evidence to secure a murder conviction.
The parents now seem to be satisfied that justice has been done, and that above all else is what matters in cases like this.

[sandyg2244]

always brings a tear to my eye about that little boy.I am glad justice was served but it was kids who did it at the time.mindless violence.at least his parents will have some sort of peace, although they will have to live with this forever.