Stephen Lawrence’s body to be returned to UK from Jamaica 31 years after murder
Mr Lawrence was murdered by a gang of racists in Eltham, south east London in April 1993.
Stephen Lawrence’s body will be returned to the UK from Jamaica 31 years after his murder, his mother Doreen Lawrence has said.
Baroness Lawrence said his family had decided to “bring Stephen home to be closer to us” after originally burying him on the Caribbean island because they felt “he would not be at peace in this country”.
She added that images of her son’s grave had appeared on social media after his body had been exhumed, which had caused the family “distress”.
Mr Lawrence was murdered by a gang of racists in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993 as he went to catch a bus with his friend Duwayne Brooks, and only two of his five or six killers have been brought to justice.
The original police investigation into the 18-year-old’s death was marred by institutional racism in the Met, incompetence and alleged corruption.
