![]() Sign up to MyLondon's The 12 HERE for the 12 biggest stories each day.Joyce Mitchell, 55, was released from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, north of New York City, early Thursday. Stephen Lawrence's murder is the focus of Thursday's February 16 episode of ITV Cold Case Forensics which explores some of Britain's most shocking murder cases and the secrets that solved them.ĭon't miss out on the biggest stories from across the city. ![]() A source told the publication: "Norris didn't stand a chance. The son of notorious South London gang member Clifford Norris is believed to have been attacked by two convicted burglars who made makeshift weapons out of razor blades which had been melted into toothbrushes. ![]() He was rushed to hospital and doctors have said that he may be permanently disfigured, reported The Sun. In November 2022, Norris was reportedly slashed with the weapon in HMP Dartmoor as he was found with blood pouring from his face. In April 2022, his application to move to an open prison was blocked by then justice secretary Dominic Raab over concerns he still posed a risk to the public. The Met has said that the investigation into Stephen's murder was "unlikely to progress" and has closed the case despite only two of the five suspects being convicted of his murder.ĭavid Norris has made appeals against his life sentence, which failed. In May 2011, Gary Dobson and David Norris faced a trial after DNA from the victim was found on the suspects' clothes linking them both to the murder.īoth received life sentences with Dobson jailed for a minimum of 15 years and two months while Norris was jailed for a minimum of 14 years and three months so both remain in jail today. READ MORE: Police hunt 'girl gang' after woman 'knocked out' in horror Tube station attack However, there were others suspected of being involved in his murder who were not convicted. His murderers would only be found guilty 19 years later after a lengthy police investigation. The thugs who attacked the talented schoolboy did not know him and neither did Stephen know them. In 1993, the 18-year-old from Plumstead was waiting at a bus in Eltham with his friend Duwayne Brooks, when they were set upon by a gang of white youths.ĭuwayne managed to escape unharmed but Stephen was stabbed multiple times and eventually bled to death after running 100 metres from the scene. ![]() ![]() This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence who was a Black teenager murdered in a racist attack in London.
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