01x03 - Episode 3

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My son's K*llers were identified

13 years ago.

I thought the K*llers

would just be arrested.

Never expected getting justice

to be my job.

Stephen's body was covered

in bruises and abrasions

from being kicked and punched.

There were two stab wounds, on the

right collarbone and left shoulder.

We've found Stephen's blood.

Found it where?

On Gary Dobson's jacket.

We're looking at a 15-year game

of pass-the-parcel

when it comes to exhibits.

If I was the defence,

I would be saying the blood stain

was the result of contamination.

So why do you need me?

Because forensics alone

won't be enough.

The DPP has agreed

that we can charge Gary Dobson

and David Norris

for Stephen's m*rder.

I hope to execute the arrests

within the week.

We're ready.

OK?

Yeah.

Yeah, just thought I should, er

you know.

He's had a long wait.

Today's the day.

Today's the day.

Let's get to work.

The world and his dog knows that,

for the last five years,

we've been investigating

young Stephen's m*rder.

One of our suspects

is a definite flight risk,

and if he gets a whiff

of what we're up to,

he'll be on the first flight out

to Belarus.

So, timeline.

The targets themselves

are in two separate locations,

so we need to synchronise

their arrests.

Number one is Gary Dobson.

How are we gonna find him?

Yeah, yeah.

He's, er, in Belmarsh,

doing a five-year stretch

for trafficking

350Ks' worth of cannabis.

To preserve

the secrecy of the operation,

we won't execute the arrests until

he's out of earshot of the screws.

Norris - bit more difficult.

No fixed address.

He's been crashing at mates' houses.

Currently residing in a room

above a pub in Greenwich.

Once we pick him up,

we take him to Sutton nick,

where there's a video link

to Camberwell Magistrates' Court,

so we can get proceedings underway

as quickly as possible.

So the boys at Sutton nick do know,

then?

I'm glad you asked me that.

Welcome to Operation Sirwoy -

a highly sensitive action

against a Tamil drug g*ng

operating out of East Ham.

Well, we had to tell them something.

CHUCKLES

Operation Sirwoy's targets

are Gurutither Dobaranga

and Daaresh Nattar.

GD and DN for short.

Any questions?

Sirwoy?

After Sir Roy Hodgson,

who took Fulham FC

all the way to the UEFA Cup Final.

You can be as indiscreet as you like

about Operation Sirwoy

because, of course,

it doesn't actually exist.

So, ladies and gentlemen,

I'm gonna have to ask you all

to hand in your phones

for the duration of this operation.

Today, you'll be going out

to arrest Gary Dobson

and David Norris on suspicion

of the m*rder of Stephen Lawrence.

Good luck.

You coming with?

Thought you'd hang back here.

If this goes wrong,

I'm gonna answer for it myself.

What's this all about?

Police! Open the door.

Hands behind your back. Stand still.

David Norris, I'm arresting you

on suspicion of the m*rder

of Stephen Lawrence.

You do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence

..if you do not mention

when questioned

something which you later rely on

in court.

Anything you do say

may be given in evidence.

This again? Sweet.

For a minute there,

I thought it was something serious.

The riot squad's a bit much, innit?

Feel sorry for you.

Wasting your time,

to be honest, mate.

You could be out there,

chasing real criminals.

Book him in, quick as you like.

There's another one coming in

a minute, and I don't them to meet.

So I suppose you won't be needing

the Tamil translator, then?

Name?

I'd like you to tell me how

Stephen Lawrence's hair was found

on the jeans seized from

your bedroom on May 7th, 1993.

No comment.

I am asking you to account for the

presence of Stephen Lawrence's blood

on a grey jacket

found in your possession

at the time of your arrest.

No comment.

Is there any account

that you can give us right now,

so that we can go away

and prove your innocence?

No comment.

David Norris, you're charged that,

on the April 22nd, 1993,

you did m*rder Stephen Lawrence,

contrary to common law.

You do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention now something

which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say

may be given in evidence.

Do you have any response, Gary,

to the charge of m*rder?

Nothing whatever. No comment.

Done?

Done.

Hello?

'Mr Lawrence? It's Clive.'

Clive.

Oh, sorry.

I always forget the time difference.

Is it?

It's five in the morning. Go on?

We arrested and remanded them

this morning.

'We're going to trial.'

Thank you, Clive.

Now Thank you.

After a lifetime

of waiting,

the parents of Stephen Lawrence

were in court today

for the start of a trial of two men

accused of stabbing

the Black teenager to death.

What forensic scientists

found on clothes,

including a b*mber jacket and jeans

alleged to belong to the accused,

Gary Dobson and David Norris,

is at the centre of this trial.

The question facing the jury is how

the fibres and fragments got there.

The prosecution case against

Gary Dobson and David Norris

is that they participated in

a joint attack on Stephen Lawrence.

This was a group

of likeminded young white men

who acted together in

the execution of this attack as one

on seeing two young Black men.

The only discernible reason

for the attack

was the colour of their skin.

Members of the jury,

on the night of his m*rder,

Stephen was wearing

a red polo shirt.

Fibres from that shirt

were found on the clothing

of both Dobson and Norris,

and a human hair matching Stephen's

DNA was found on Norris' jeans,

and a spec of Stephen's blood

was found on the collar

of Dobson's jacket.

The charge brought against

Gary Dobson

is based on unreliable evidence.

At the time Stephen Lawrence

was being attacked,

Gary Dobson was at home,

at his parents' house.

He is innocent of this charge.

Now, the, er, papers in this case

are voluminous

..but the actual physical evidence

upon which this charge is based

wouldn't fill a teaspoon.

The truth is

that, in the 13 years preceding

this apparent forensic breakthrough,

there were manifold opportunities

for blood and fibres

from Stephen Lawrence

to make their way

onto Gary Dobson's clothing.

Members of the jury,

the simple fact is Clive.

..David Norris was not in Eltham

on the night of April 22nd, 1993.

The clothing seized from his home

did not belong to him.

He is entirely innocent of

Sure.

Yeah, bye.

It's Duwayne.

What about him?

He's here, isn't he? He's on soon.

He's here, he's here,

but his dad died.

Oh, God.

He passed away last night.

We'll just have to reschedule,

won't we?

Let me talk to him.

Here.

Thank you.

I wanna do this for Steve.

And you will, but, er

take a few days, eh?

I'm sure we can shuffle

things around. I'm here now.

It's amazing that you are,

and we're grateful.

But this is gonna be tough.

No.

They've been let off the hook

for long enough.

I'm ready.

I heard a voice from my left,

so I turned.

These guys were

running across the road.

One of them shouts,

"What, what, n*gg*r?"

I was afraid, so I ran.

I shouted to Steve to run.

I thought he was just behind me,

but when I turned

..when I turned around

The jury should be aware

that Mr Brooks' father

sadly passed away last night.

He has chosen to give evidence

as planned.

If you require a break at any point,

Mr Brooks

I'm OK.

The group converged on Steve.

When I looked back,

I saw one of the guys had a weapon,

ran straight into him, and then

..wham.

Just like that.

What was the approximate size

of the weapon you saw?

It was about this big,

and it was shiny.

But then Steve jumped up,

so I was relieved.

He caught up, and we were running.

We were both running.

Then he kept asking me,

"What's wrong?

"What's wrong with me?"

That's when I saw blood

was streaming out

from around his neck

..through through his jacket.

I'm sorry.

We was running

..and Steve's blood

was dripping on the floor

Mr Brooks,

would you like to take a break?

I can deal with this quite quickly.

No. No.

I wanna say what happened.

He kept saying to me,

"What's happened to me?"

And I told him to just keep running

because I was frightened that

the guys would come back round.

He then said to me

One last time, he said,

"Duwayne"

and his voice was all funny.

And that's when he fell

at the tree.

Thank you, Mr Brooks.

No further questions.

Mr Brooks?

Um

..you did him proud.

I hope it works.

It's time we had some justice.

Come on, Mum.

He was asking questions.

Who was?

Your brother.

He was scared.

He wanted to know what was

happening, and I wasn't there to

..to answer him.

Mum

I wasn't there

to hear him, to comfort him.

The motive for the m*rder

of the London teenager

Stephen Lawrence

was set out in court today.

It was, said the prosecution,

the colour of his skin.

The jury heard how he was swallowed

up by a g*ng of white youths

who had shouted a r*cist insult.

Our crime correspondent Jon Clements

was at the Stephen Lawrence trial

and heard today's evidence.

You searched Mr Dobson's bedroom

on May 7th,

seizing a cardigan and a jacket,

exhibit LH/5.

Where did you find the jacket?

It was in the wardrobe,

hanging up with some other clothes.

I took it off the coat hanger,

folded it up

and put it in an exhibits bag.

Miss Holden in your role

liaising with the victim's family,

you visited the Lawrence household

on April 23rd, 1993,

the day after Stephen died.

Then again April 25th,

27th and 28th,

with a final trip on April 29th.

Is that correct?

That is correct.

Hmm.

When you searched

Mr Dobson's bedroom on May 7th,

did you not think to yourself,

"Just a minute -

"I was in the Lawrence household

just last week.

"It might not be a good idea for me

to be at the two different scenes"?

It was over a week later,

and I was wearing different clothes.

Also, I do wash fairly frequently.

Hm.

I didn't think there was any risk

of contamination.

Are you absolutely sure?

And can you swear, on oath,

that you didn't wear

any of the same clothing?

Positive.

We're talking about events

almost 18 years ago.

How can you be so sure?

I knew I was going into a search,

so I chose clothes that, if they got

soiled or whatever, didn't matter.

We support Mr Roberts.

The jury has been

sufficiently educated

on the clear opportunities

for contamination.

That didn't go too well today,

did it?

The defence are just doing

their job, sowing doubt.

Long way to go yet.

The jury only wanna know one thing -

how did Stephen's blood get there?

In the end, they can't answer

that question, and we can, tomorrow.

I hope you're right.

Mr Jarman, you and your team

carried out microscopic analysis

of the suspects' clothing.

Could you tell the court

what you found?

We made a number of finds.

There were fibres

matching Stephen's polo shirt

found on Gary Dobson's jacket,

and fibres matching

Stephen Lawrence's green trousers

and red polo shirt were found

on David Norris' sweatshirt.

Fibres that matched the cuff

and wristband of Stephen's jacket

found on Gary Dobson's cardigan.

The two hairs found on David Norris'

trousers were a 1,000-to-1

mitochondrial DNA match

to Stephen Lawrence.

A blood stain matching Stephen's

was found on the collar

of Gary Dobson's jacket.

The defence have repeatedly

raised concerns

regarding cross-contamination.

In your view, is it possible

that the blood staining

to Mr Dobson's jacket

could have occurred later, at

Eltham Police Station, for example?

The nature of the staining,

the fact that the blood

has been absorbed into the fibres

of the jacket,

indicates that the blood

was still liquid

when it made contact

with the jacket.

Er, you said earlier that

the blood Where are we now?

.."must have been wet" when

it was transferred to the jacket.

Is it possible that blood fragments

were moistened

during the course of the tests

you and your team carried out

on the jacket?

Well,

this was a hypothesis we explored.

In the event, we discovered that

exposing the fragments to moisture

caused them to become gel-like,

but not liquid.

This did not produce

a comparable stain.

It couldn't soak

into the weave of the fabric.

Isn't it true

that different blood samples

taken from the same individual

can have different compositions,

different characteristics?

Well, yes, there are a number

Simple yes or no will suffice.

And the rigorous tests

you carried out,

exposing blood samples to moisture,

they have not actually been carried

out with the specific blood sample

on the collar of the jacket.

Well, no, that wouldn't be possible.

But that does mean, does it not,

that we cannot completely exclude

the possibility

that the stain was produced

by your own testing?

In terms of likelihood,

the probability

It wouldn't be right to exclude it,

would it?

We haven't excluded it.

However, it is

a statistical impossibility.

The probability is so low as to bear

no mention in any reasonable,

rational argument, which leaves us

with the more viable conclusion

Thank you, Mr Jarman.

..that the Thank you.

..that the wearer of the jacket

was involved in the attack

on Stephen Lawrence.

Is this right?

The defence are trying to stop us

from showing surveillance footage

of Dobson and Norris?

Yeah, they claim that

character evidence isn't relevant

and could prejudice the jury.

But this is

a racially motivated m*rder.

Whether those two are r*cist

or not is very relevant.

That's exactly

what Mr Ellison is arguing.

Let's hope the judge sees sense.

But for now, all we can do is wait.

On the bright side, Mr Jarman didn't

do too badly yesterday, did he?

Not what the papers are saying.

I told her not to look at them.

I wanted to see

what the jury are reading.

The jury aren't allowed

to read the papers. Oh, please.

"Stephen Lawrence trial.

Forensics do not fit."

Well, th-that's not right!

The defence haven't proven

any contamination.

I mean, where are they

getting this stuff?

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Are you in court 15?

Er, no, I'm 16, the Lawrence case.

Your case.

Are you sure?

Because from

what you've been writing,

I'd swear you were watching

a different trial.

I mean, anyone reading it

would think the prosecution

was about to collapse.

Where are you

getting your information from?

To be honest, we're getting

most of it from your press office.

They seem, er, pessimistic.

The Met are feeding you this?

What are you doing?

Think I know where all the negative

coverage is coming from.

Unbelievable.

That's how the brass work.

They wanna lower expectations

in case it doesn't go our way.

Or maybe

they don't want a conviction.

We're getting called back in.

The judge said yes to the tapes.

Oh, that is a result!

And now,

we get to cross-examine them.

How come?

Well, the defence

aren't gonna want that horror show

to be the only impression

the jury get of their clients,

so they'll have to put 'em

on the stand.

'He got my arm,

twisted it behind my back,

'started mucking about.

'And I had a Stanley knife

in my pocket,

'so I pulled it out,

I bit the thing off, and I said,

' "That'll do there, Mick, before

I end up f*cking cutting you."

'All f*cking day, he was

getting on my nerves, you know?

'I said, "You tap me once more,

you silly c**t,

' "I'm gonna just

f*cking slice this down you." '

'If I was gonna k*ll

myself, do you know what I'd do?

'I'd go and k*ll every Black c**t,

every Paki, every copper,

'every mug that I know.

I'm telling you, right?'

'I'd go down Catford,

places like that, I'm telling you,

'with two sub-machine g*ns.

'I'd take one of them,

skin the Black c**t alive, mate.

't*rture him, set him alight.

'I'd blow the two legs and arms off

and say, "Go on, swim now." '

The court has just watched footage

filmed 17 years ago,

when you were a young man.

We heard you frequently use

racial slurs.

How do you feel about that language?

Well I think, with that, like,

I've always listened

to hip-hop over the years,

so I used to use the *-word.

We heard you threaten violence

against a Black colleague.

Were you a violent man at that time?

No, not at all.

All it was

was a bit of friendly banter.

Workplace banter kind of thing.

A bit of bravado.

Can you account for your whereabouts

on the evening of April 22nd, 1993?

I was at home. I stayed in.

I had some curry,

played on the computer,

and then later, about half 11,

I went to Neil and Jamie's house.

Why did you visit

the Acourt brothers' house?

Just visiting my mates.

I wanted to borrow

a Bob Marley CD off 'em.

So, to confirm, at 10:40pm, the time

of the attack on Stephen Lawrence,

you were at home?

Yeah.

Gary, did you have anything

to do with the events

that led to the death

of Stephen Lawrence?

No, I didn't.

Mr Dobson,

how can you account for a jacket

stained with Stephen Lawrence's

blood being found in your wardrobe?

I never even wore that jacket.

Never? Well, I wore it to school

once or twice,

and I had the complete mick taken

out of me, so I never wore it.

The problem is, the jacket

appeared to be heavily worn.

It had cigarette burns,

a broken zipper.

Yeah, it was worn.

It got worn, but not by me.

Who had been wearing it, Mr Dobson?

My mum, my auntie, my brother.

Your auntie?

Yeah.

I suggest to you that you went out

with your friends that night.

You were coming home across Well

Hall Road at about ten thirty,

and you saw two Black boys

on your manor.

You saw their very presence

as a provocation. No.

And you attacked them, didn't you?

Definitely not. Absolutely not.

Did you have anything to do

with the death of Stephen Lawrence?

No. Certainly not, no, sir.

The jeans seized by police

from your home on May 7th, 1993

..did they belong to you?

No, sir.

They were my brother's jeans.

They'd have been too loose for me.

How, Mr Norris, can you be so sure

you were not in Eltham

the night of the m*rder?

Cos I'm innocent.

You insist you were nowhere near

the scene of this m*rder,

and yet, as we have seen, fibres

matching Stephen Lawrence's clothing

and hairs matching

Stephen Lawrence's DNA

were found on your clothing.

Is there any innocent explanation

for how those hairs and fibres

could have got on your clothing?

Nothing at all.

A little earlier,

we heard a recording of you

saying you would like to k*ll

Black people.

You have a murderous hatred

of Black people,

don't you, Mr Norris?

No. No, not at all, sir.

The truth is, you and your mates

attacked that young Black boy

that night, didn't you?

No, absolutely not, sir.

It was a school night.

There's no way David

would have been out at that time.

How can you be sure?

I had a routine,

and I was very strict with it.

They all knew they had to be back.

Mrs Norris, isn't it true

that this is the first time

there has been a breath

of this alibi?

It is, is it not,

a recent invention?

No, that's not right.

Why has it only just occurred to you

that your son

was at home at the time

of the m*rder?

I didn't realise at the time

that it was a school night.

Of course, David wasn't actually

going to school, was he?

At 16, he'd finished school.

Why would a school night

have any relevance to him?

He had to stick to my rules,

the same as the rest of my kids.

My son would have been at home.

I went into the kitchen at 10:30pm,

and that's when Gary came in

and made toast.

He had a pair of shorts on,

so I could see he hadn't been out.

Mrs Dobson, in your 1993 statement,

you say that Gary came down

to the kitchen at 10:45pm.

Why has this changed?

Well, 10:30,

give or take a few minutes.

Stephen Lawrence was k*lled

shortly after 10:30pm,

a few minutes away from your home.

If we give Gary ten minutes, if we

have him in the kitchen at 10:45pm,

the time you gave

in your original statement,

then he no longer has an alibi.

No, he didn't do it.

He wasn't there.

Gary was in all evening.

Those two women.

If it was your son

..wouldn't you encourage them

to take responsibility?

I mean, if you don't

give your children a conscience,

then what have you given them?

I think you've got

an optimistic view of human nature.

I meet a lot of young people

in my work in schools.

Some of them tough, you know.

Have to fend for themselves.

Mothers working shifts.

But most of these kids, when you

take the time to get to know them

..they ain't bad.

You can see that

they've been given some goodness.

My grandmother raised me.

She was tough, but she was kind.

She drummed it into me -

be kind to everyone.

She didn't have much, but

..she gave me that.

And I gave it to my children.

There are a few

key questions you must answer

before reaching a verdict.

You must decide

if the blood and fibres

found on the accused clothing

came from Stephen Lawrence.

If you're satisfied on this point,

you must then consider

whether you can exclude

the possibility of contamination.

The character of the defendants

is irrelevant,

unless you are convinced

by the physical evidence

putting them at the scene

of Stephen Lawrence's m*rder.

We shall reconvene on January 3rd

for the jury

to consider their verdict.

And I wish you all, in advance,

a happy New Year.

Got you some birch

for the fireplace.

Yeah, it, er

burns hotter than pine.

Smells nicer, too.

You don't need to chop down a tree

just to pop over for a cup of tea,

you know, Clive.

Thank you.

Any plans for New Year?

Oh, I'm too old for all that.

I'm on baby-sitting duty.

You're worried, aren't you?

It's the waiting.

This festive break

is not good for my nerves.

Well, I've had plenty of practice

with waiting.

Normally, when the jury retires,

that's it.

Whatever will be will be.

But, er this case

..your family, er, needs justice.

Clive, I've sacrificed

18 years of my life

fighting for justice for Stephen,

but even if we win this case,

it won't be job done,

not for me.

To get this close

You did all you could, but justice

is bigger than this case.

♪ For auld lang syne, my dear

♪ For auld lang syne

♪ I'll take a cup of kindness yet

♪ For auld lang syne

♪ For old lang syne, my Joe

♪ For auld lang syne

♪ I'll take a cup of kindness yet

♪ For old lang syne. ♪

The judge said

a reinvestigation of the case

had led to new scientific evidence.

The two accused men questioned

the handling of that evidence.

'Would all parties

in the case of Dobson and Norris

'please report to court 16?'

'Would all parties in the case

of Dobson and Norris

'please go to court 16?'

Time to be put out of our misery.

Will the defendants please stand?

Would the foreman of the jury

please stand?

Have you reached a verdict on both

cases on which you are all agreed?

We have.

The verdicts in this case will

be received in complete silence.

Do you find the defendant

David Norris guilty

or not guilty

on this indictment of m*rder?

Guilty.

Do you find the defendant

Gary Dobson guilty

or not guilty on this indictment

of m*rder?

Guilty.

He's innocent!

He did not k*ll that man!

You've condemned an innocent man

here today.

Hope you can live with that.

Is DCI Driscoll in court?

Yes, sir, My Lord.

You've been leading

this investigation since 2006.

Yes, My Lord.

This is a case that has shamed

and humbled the Metropolitan Police.

However, you and your officers

have worked incredibly hard,

and you deserve to be commended.

A measure of justice

has finally been achieved.

On the evidence before the court,

there are at least

three other K*llers at large.

I expect you will continue your

efforts to bring them to justice.

Yes, My Lord. Thank you, My Lord.

Congratulations, Mrs Lawrence,

Mr Lawrence.

We got there in the end, eh?

Mr Lawrence.

Yeah?

Congratulations.

Thank you, Clive.

- Do you have a statement?

- Why did this take so long?

What's your reaction

to the verdict?

What about the other suspects?

As senior investigating officer,

I welcome today's verdicts.

This is a case

of extraordinary importance,

not just to

the Metropolitan Police

And all this time,

I thought you were SIO.

..but to society at large.

Only if we'd lost.

We know that

there were more than two attackers

involved in this m*rder.

I would encourage any member

of the public who has information

that could support our ongoing

investigation to come forward.

Today is not

a cause for celebration.

How can I celebrate

when my son lies buried?

Now that we have

some sort of justice,

I want people to think of Stephen

not only as a Black teenager

m*rder*d in a r*cist attack.

I want people to remember him

as a bright, beautiful young man

that any mother

would have been proud of.

I miss him with a passion.

My greatest hope

..is that these people now realise

that they've been found out

..and they're gonna lie down

in their bed

and think that

they are not the only ones

responsible for the death of my son.

And they're gonna give up

the rest of the people

so that I can come out here again

in a year's time

and talk to you people again.

Mr Lawrence, do you?

Thank you.

Do you have a message

for the other suspects?

You know, for so many years,

I resented those men

for not repenting.

But seeing them in the court

HE SCOFFS

..I pitied them,

to be honest with you.

You must have felt

as though a great weight was lifted.

I'm not ready to forgive. Not yet.

But, for the first time

..it feels possible.

I can imagine leaving them behind.

The Home Secretary,

Theresa May,

has ordered a review

into allegations

that police corruption hampered

the original failed investigation

into the m*rder

of Stephen Lawrence.

Mark Ellison QC, the barrister

who secured convictions

against two of Stephen's murderers

earlier this year,

will head the review.

Stephen's mother, Doreen Lawrence,

is meeting with the Home Secretary

to clarify the terms of reference.

Mr Ellison.

How lovely to see you again.

Do you know how many man hours I've

spent trying to get hold of these?

That's funny, it took me about

15 minutes to dig 'em out.

Thank you.

Anything else I can do,

just let me know.

We're all on the same side,

after all.

Like the judge said, we've got

three K*llers still at large.

The way I see it, your case is

only as good as your best witness,

and my hope is that the convictions

will sway a few key people

who were previously, er, reluctant.

As you can see, the following people

came forward in '93,

but were never followed up on.

We're very hopeful

of being able to track them down.

Before we get into the detail,

I think we should discuss

the oversight of the case

and management of the investigation

going forward.

Dropping off those tickets.

Fulham-Arsenal.

One for you, one for Stuart.

Ah, looking forward to it.

Stuart said

he'll try and go easy on you.

What is it?

They're letting me go.

They're sacking you?

Compulsory retirement.

Huh!

There'll be a handover.

They asked me

to hand over my rapport with you,

as a matter of fact.

They can't do that.

I'll talk to the Home Secretary.

I'm two years over my 30.

It's, er

It's at their discretion.

They could keep me

on if they wanted to, but, er, well,

they don't want to.

This is how they reward you

for getting convictions?

They should be giving you medals.

It's all right, Doreen.

It's like you said - justice is

bigger than a couple of convictions.

I mean, they can stop me,

but no-one's ever gonna stop you.