Stephen Lawrence murder - David Norris: profile - Telegraph Having fallen out with his father, the former drug baron Clifford, he was forced to eek out a living selling scrap metal. A father of five, Norris who is effectively homeless, no longer contributes to their support, having split from his girlfriend some time ago. His fall from grace had been peppered with criminal convictions usually for violence and racism. In 1994 the police surveillance camera captured him saying: "If I was going to kill myself do you know what I'd do? I'd go and kill every black, every P***, every mug, every copper that I know. I'd go down to Catford and places like that with two submachine guns and I'm telling you I'd take one of them. Skin the black alive, mate. Torture him, set him alight. "I'd blow their two legs and arms off and say: "Go on, you can swim home now." In 2002 it was Norris who shouted n***** and threw a drink at an off-duty police man on the very road Stephen Lawrence was murdered, resulting in an 18-month prison sentence. In his teenage years he was implicated along with other gang members in a string of violent knife attacks in south east London. But even when the cases got to trial his father's influence and money was allegedly brought to bear meaning he persistently escaped conviction. The 35-year-old has complained of depression and has been on benefits for long spells.