But two men did come forward due to the documentary. One an important eye witness ( the man on the bus) and the other who had been attacked by the gang as well, he had been stabbed through the heart and too scared until now to give evidence against them, but is now willing to do so.

I also didn't think the reporter was top notch, but he pieced together some pretty unarguable evidence and those who did speak were very forthcoming at last.

The problem seems to lie in that no one can state beyond a shadow of doubt which of the gang wielded the knife. They can't all be found guilty of murder. I don't know how that can be satisfactorily proven.

The police, the public and the media all know the gang killed Lawrence, had they been walking along the street individually the attack would not have occurred. But the gang can't be tried as a killing machine in totality.

If they had been prosecuted for a racial attack apparently the guilty verdict would be a foregone conclusion, but the sentences would not have been an insult to the Lawrence family for the loss of their son.

I don't know what the possible legal outcomes could ever be in this case. We need someone with prosecution experience to throw some light on that.