Lawrence suspects won’t face jail, says friend

THE best friend of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said he does not believe any more suspects in the racist attack will be brought to justice.

Duwayne Brooks, who was with Stephen when he was stabbed in London in 1993, said there is ‘no way’ the remaining suspects could be convicted. Speaking before presenting a BBC documentary on knife crime last night, Mr Brooks, 44, said ‘only someone very close’ to the group could lead to further convictions and he did not believe that would happen. The Daily Mail accused five men of being the 18-year- old’s murderers in its famous 1997 front page. Two of them, Gary Dobson and David Norris, were jailed for life in 2012 after forensic evidence emerged.

Mr Brooks told the Evening Standard: ‘Those I know are involved have not been found guilty while the ones who have are not expressing any remorse, and that makes it worse for us as victims.’