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The men — two of the five original suspects for the racist killing of Lawrence in — were brought to justice after a cold case review of the exhibits in the case unearthed DNA evidence putting them at the scene on the murder. But Dobson's mother continued to protest that her son was innocent. Speaking at the front door of her home in Eltham, south-east London , after arriving home from the Old Bailey after the verdict, Pauline Dobson said: "He's innocent.

We are absolutely devastated as a family — devastated. Ask all the police who have been involved in this case — every single policeman says Gary never did it. Their conviction finally brought some justice for Lawrence's parents, Doreen and Neville, and his siblings, Stuart and Georgina.

But both parents said in the aftermath of the verdicts that five or six white men were responsible for the killing, and justice would only fully be served once they were all brought to justice. The Scotland Yard commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, said: "The other people involved in the murder of Stephen Lawrence should not rest easily in their beds" as he welcome the convictions of Norris and Dobson.

Detectives have a list of nine remaining suspects for the murder including the Acourt brothers, Jamie and Neil, and Luke Knight — who were three of the five men identified in a series of messages passed to police within hours of the killing.

The case remains open but unless there is a confession or a change of allegiances it is unlikely anyone else will be charged. Poppy Logo. FB house promo. Sign Up for News Updates. Sign up. Not convinced? Find out more ». Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger Share this with Share this article via email Share this article via flipboard Copy link.

Martin and Caetano were jailed in for attempted murder and grievous bodily harm respectively, for slicing a knife wound down a man's back in an attack likened in court to skinning him alive.

Today on the streets around the Progress Estate, which borders Well Hall Road, people still remember the gang and their reputation.

Over the years, Dobson and Norris have continued to see the Acourts, and have been spotted gathering outside the J Ayre bakery in the town, where Dobson's mother used to work, lunching together at the Eletriq Italian restaurant in the high street or playing golf at a nearby range. Dobson's parents, Stephen and Pauline, still live a stone's throw from the site where Lawrence was stabbed, in the three-bedroomed semi-detached house where two weeks after the murder police found the jacket and cardigan which were to prove the key to their son's downfall.

Dobson has moved several times — as he, like the others, tried to remain anonymous — but never more than a few miles away. Living in Westerham, Kent , with his partner and their son, who is now 11, there was evidence of his continued links to the gang when neighbours called the police after they saw men unloading garden furniture late at night. Dobson was charged with handling stolen goods but the case was not pursued.

He later moved to Woolwich, just a few miles from Eltham, and now lives in Swanley, Kent, with his new girlfriend Michelle Lines — who appeared in court to blow kisses and wave at him during the trial. Before the Lawrence murder he had already shown his violent, racist tendencies.

He was named by Kevin London , a year-old black teenager, as one of a larger gang of white youths who threatened him with a large knife in November — five months before the Lawrence killing.

What happened to London was just one of a string of racist assaults around Eltham and Thamesmead, areas which in the early s had bitter experience of racial assaults, many of which police now believe were linked to the gang.

Dobson blames his inability to hold down a job for nearly two decades on the notoriety caused by unfounded suspicion for the Lawrence killing. He has always been the most outspoken in protesting his innocence to anyone who would listen. And at times there were many willing to air his denials, from the Tonight programme on ITV, where he was interviewed by the journalist Martin Bashir and insisted he and his friends were "rascals, lovable rogues", to Talk Radio, where he complained his life was "constantly under threat", and blatantly lied: "I swear to you on my mother's life that I am not guilty of this crime.

I am innocent. Until last year, Dobson had managed to stay out of prison — although he had been arrested several times on suspicion of a number of offences, including handling stolen goods, running an illegal immigrant importation racket through a Kent port with the Acourts, and a series of burglaries.

The only offences he had been convicted of were shoplifting and stealing kegs of beer from a pub near Chelmsford, Essex, in , for which he was fined. Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. Log In Register now My account. Who killed Stephen Lawrence? How killers David Norris and Gary Dobson finally faced justice for the murder The murder of Stephen Lawrence has had a profound effect on the UK, with two of his killers eventually facing justice almost 20 years after the attack.

By David Hughes.