Doreen Lawrence: sentencing marks new chapter in life "It's the beginning of starting a new life because we have been in limbo for so long," she said. Today, we can start moving on and I can take control of my life once more. She thanked the judge for recognising the "stress" that her family had endured over the last 19 years as well as all those who had offered her support since the senseless killing. "The sentences might be quite low but at the same time the judge's hands were tied," she said. And for that, as much as he can do, I am very grateful. Mrs Lawrence had not made eye contact with her son's killers during the seven-week trial. But as Norris was sentenced, she glanced behind her as if trying to take in the enormity of what was happening. Outside, her former husband Neville Lawrence, who has returned to his native Jamaica since the murder, repeated his calls for the other suspects to be brought to justice. He called on Dobson and Norris to turn in the others responsible, expressing hope that he might one day return to the court to see them too, sentenced. He said: "This is only one step in a long, long journey. One of my greatest hopes is that these people have now realised that they have been found out, and they are now going to go and lie down in their beds and think that they weren't the only ones who were responsible for the death of my son. And they are going to 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. The Lawrence's marriage was torn apart by the strain of their quest for justice and Mr Justice Treacy took their years of agony into consideration when deciding the jail terms. As he addressed their son's killers, he said: "Stephen Lawrence is not the only victim of this crime. His family, whose victim impact statements I have read, have been most grievously affected. But while the current police investigation came to a close, Mrs Lawrence vowed to continue her work as a campaigner for victims of racially motivated crime.