Due to the early verdict in the Dobson/Norris trial the BBC were prevented from showing the first episode of "Public Enemies." This series of three one hour episodes shown over successive nights saw Anna Friel's probation officer attempt to rehabilitate Daniel (the Devil in Ashes to Ashes) Mays prisoner as he was released from prison following a ten year sentence for murdering his girlfriend. While we all know it was going to be rubbish I was looking forward to enduring it while the TV in my head re-played that episode of Pushing Daisy's where they recovered the body from the clown car.
Instead though we were forced to watch the Panorama special on the Stephen Lawrence murder. It featured Doreen Lawrence, her other son and their legal team of Imran Khan (solicitor) and Micheal Mansfield (QC) being followed around by a documentary crew as they first appeared in the High Court for the double jeopardy hearing. The action then moved on to Doreen Lawrence visiting her son's grave in Jamaica and the charitable foundation she'd set up to send young blacks to study architecture and help keep her main son alive. Finally we got her first reactions as the verdict was announced and all the while she seemed a little bit like my grandmother. So I think the message there was don't dare try and seek justice in this sink hole of a nation unless you ready for the world to pick over your bones and the birds to shit on your grave.
As for Stephen Lawrence may he finally rest in peace and may his 5 killers endure the next 40 years in a prison block with all those rioters.
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