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Stephen Lawrence's Body to Return to UK After 31 Years

Family distressed by social media images of exhumed grave, calls for privacy

  • Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack in London in 1993.
  • His body was buried in Jamaica as his family felt he wouldn't be at peace in the UK.
  • Recent images of his exhumed grave on social media prompted the family's decision to return his body to Britain.
  • The initial police investigation was criticized for institutional racism and incompetence.
  • Only two of the perpetrators have faced justice for the crime.
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