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Written by peta ward   
Cowardly Thugs
A change of name could not hide who they were. The NTO were thugs and they were racists and above all they were cowardly murderers. They claimed that they were defending their territory – defending it from what? This was not an invasion. Rolan Adams lived just two stops away from the bus stop in Thamesmead, South-East London where he was stabbed in the neck on his way back from a Youth Centre that the 15 year-old aspiring musician attended with his 14-year-old brother, Nathan.

Thamesmead was a depressing area with few opportunities at the time. Facilities were sparse at the time, but ironically, one of the few places that young people could go to the Hawksmoor Youth Centre, was targeted and attacked by young thugs. Temporarily it was closed. The film version of a Clockwork Orange was filmed in Thamesmead. That says it all. Thamesmead has had a facelift since the murder of Rolan Adams thrust it into the limelight.

“This isn't your bus stop,”  Rolan was told by the thugs before they set upon him and Nathan. They claimed that the attack wasn't racist – just them defending their patch. The victims were black – their attackers white and they were bombarded with racist epithets as they ran for their lives.

Snatching Defeat
The worst of the racist thugs was a then 19 year-old Mark Thornborrow. He claimed that he was defending himself from attack by a Rolan with a knife he just happened to be carrying. No weapon was ever found on Rolan Adams. He had no history of gang-membership. He was a law-abiding young man attending a nearby youth centre.

Having murdered him in a cowardly, his memory was the next target. Territorialism, rather than racism was said to be the motive. Nonsense. Rolan was attacked by racists as was Nathan. Stephen Borland exposed the lie as did Nathan. It should have been investigated as a racist murder. It should have been prosecuted as a racist murder. Now such a crime would be investigated in this manner.  Institutional racism was rife in this inquiry.

Both Thamesmead Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) played into the hands of racists. “The CPS connived to remove racism from the murder,” Rolan's father Richard said at the time. Shamefully, for British justice he was right. Equally shamefully, he was ignored then as both police and CPS claimed victory with the conviction of racist thug Mark Thornborrow. Few victories resemble defeat more.

 

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