By Roberta Woods
December is likely the saddest month of the year for Sue Gregory. It was in this month that both her sons were murdered, just two years apart—Terry in 2003 and his elder brother, Billy, in 2005. Both were killed in Woolwich by non-native perpetrators: one West Indian, one Vietnamese. While other families happily prepare for Christmas, for the Gregory family, the season remains a cruel reminder of devastating loss.
A Tale of Two-Tier Justice
To understand the context of the Gregory case, one must contrast it with the Stephen Lawrence case (Eltham, 1993). The Lawrence case is often cited as the ultimate example of “two-tier justice.” It prompted the 1999 Macpherson Report, which branded the police “institutionally racist.” Consequently, new legislation compelled officers to be “culturally sensitive”— essentially adopting a “hands-off” approach with minorities to avoid riots or accusations of racism.
Authorities even changed the law of double jeopardy to pursue suspects in the Lawrence case. However, no such zeal appears to be forthcoming for White victims of potential “racist” crimes. A Black victim with a White perpetrator is easily portrayed as a victim of a racist crime; however, when White victims like Terry Gregory are killed by Black perpetrators, defence teams often attempt to besmirch the victim’s character by insinuating racism to deflect blame.
The Failure of Justice for Terry Gregory
Terry was murdered on December 28, 2003, in a vicious, cowardly attack outside the Albion pub on Woolwich Road, Charlton, following a dispute over an umbrella. Although evidence pointed to George Edwin, a West Indian man, he walked free.
During the proceedings, the defence capitalised on the location’s proximity to the Lawrence murder, suggesting it was an area where Black people feared for their lives. They pointed to a National Front march organised in Terry’s memory to characterise the area as “racist,” accusing the group of using the tragedy for “political sport.” After two trials ended in deadlock, the judge ruled it would be “cruelly onerous” for Edwin to face a third.
A Mother Left Behind
There is no seat in the House of Lords for Sue Gregory, unlike Doreen Lawrence. In a cruel twist of fate, Sue lost her remaining son, Billy, on December 25, 2005, to another foreign murderer. Despite losing two sons to inter-racial violence, the crimes were not deemed racist. Consequently, she received no media frenzy and no high-profile legal assistance.
It begs the question: Is Doreen Lawrence’s grief for her one son more significant than Sue Gregory’s for her two sons, simply because one case is labelled “racist”?
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Crimes of this type committed by non-natives is always a huge topic for nationalists but I feel we should focus more on the Afro-Caribbean community given that they are the common perpetrators of knife crime along with much of the violence behind the ghetto culture that we have in Britain today. We tend to look towards illegals for the decline in our way of life but what about the successive generations of the Windrush who have been both legal and British Citizens for many years?
When we talk about assisted repatriation, I feel we should seriously consider this community first, of ANY generation, before we obsess any further about illegals and stopping the boats.