The only witness to the murder of Stephen Lawrence said that seeing his two killers jailed last week was worth the struggle of 18 years of blame and acrimony.
Duwayne Brooks said the wait for justice had been a long and difficult one.
“For 18 years, I have endured harassment, victimisation, being blamed for the first prosecution failing, been brutalised and having false charges brought against me.
“To see two members of that gang being convicted – for me it was all worth it,” said Mr Brooks.