Justice at last for Damilola's family

10.16.22am GMT Thu 10th Aug 2006

Almost six years after the death of Damilola Taylor Ricky and Danny Preddie have been convicted of manslaughter. Although nothing can bring Damilola back I am sure his family can take some comfort his killers will finally be punished. There will now be many questions as to why it has taken six years and about £16million pounds to deliver justice - from what I have read the police investigation was awful and I hope answers will be provided, two politicians deserve a lot of respect for continuing to fight from justice they are Simon Hughes and Ken Livingstone, both have worked hard to ensure this result.

Apparently the police are now reviewing a large number of murders cases to see if failures in the forensic science laboratory have resulted in other mistakes. The Home Office is also investigating how two scientists at the forensic lab missed the Damilola's blood, the official reason is they were not asked to look in the right place!