"Baroness Lawrence is watching him on the screen. Imran Khan KC, Baroness Lawrence's solicitor, read a statement on her behalf, while Norris watched on from prison. She refused to use Norris's name, saying he "does not deserve to be named by me". She said he "killed my son in the most brutal and callous fashion. In doing so he changed my life and life of my family members forever"."
"Baroness Lawrence said the murder had led to her becoming divorced from her husband, suffering extraordinarily painful mental health, having to fight for decades to get justice and thereby losing her privacy, and being harassed and vilified by people who applauded her son's killers. She said she could not forgive Norris because he has not "expressed any acceptance, any contrition and certainly has no humanity"."
David Norris is attempting to secure release on licence thirteen years into a life sentence for the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence. A parole board is conducting a three-day hearing that could recommend transfer to an open prison, continued detention in a closed prison, or release on licence. Baroness Doreen Lawrence delivered a statement refusing to name Norris and described him as having killed her son in a brutal, callous fashion. She described long-term consequences including divorce, severe mental health impacts, loss of privacy, harassment, and a lack of any expressed contrition or humanity from Norris.
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