From the one killer still free, not a shred of remorse . . .
THE only Stephen Lawrence murder suspect still walking the streets of Britain showed little remorse when confronted ahead of the 25th anniversary of the teenager’s killing.
Luke Knight, 41, shouted an obscenity when the Mail tracked him down to his flat in New Eltham, South-East London, some two miles from where Stephen was stabbed to death by a gang of five white youths in 1993.
Before a reporter could question him, the roofer, wearing boxer shorts and a T-shirt, shouted: ‘Oh, f*** off, mate,’ before slamming his door.
His outburst came after the BBC broadcast the first of its three-part series on Britain’s most notorious race murder. Earlier, Knight had his trademark swagger as he walked down the street near where he and his cohorts once terrorised locals.
In February 1997, the Mail accused Knight’s gang of murdering 18-yearold Stephen in a savage, unprovoked attack as he waited with a friend at a bus-stop on April 22, 1993.
Two of the gang, Gary Dobson, now 42, and David Norris, 41, are serving life for the killing, after a forensic breakthrough led to a second murder trial six years ago. A third, Neil Acourt, 42, is in jail for masterminding a £4 million cannabis ring.
His brother, Jamie, 41, the fourth man we named, is wanted for his links to serious drugs crimes. He is thought to be on the run in Spain.
That just leaves father-of-two Knight. To this day, anyone asking questions in Eltham, where the gang’s families still live, is met with hostility. Last year, his mother told us: ‘Nobody here will talk to you.’
The market trader’s son has never displayed a shred of remorse for Stephen’s killing, but has complained of the impact it has had on his life.
Last week, Scotland Yard said the case will be shelved unless new leads are found. But investigator Chris Le Pere said publicity around the 25th anniversary could throw up clues.