murder tom tom october january year old british lawyer robbed murdered black teenagers way home northwest london january showed little remorse sentenced life imprisonment crime gained national notoriety particularly brutal way murdered metres home card mobile phone taken money case widely reported example steaming murderers later tracked police examined footage card murder crime caused political condemnation railway station security tom memorial trust set murder school built honour life tom tom year old lawyer worked leading london corporate law firm born england age family moved father john civil engineer sent work project build sugar factory enjoyed early childhood months returned home moving family home tom grew ancestry known military ancestors great grandfather general sir tom won academic music exhibition later upgraded scholarship attend wiltshire england achieved passes levels greek latin english literature grade went gain class honours cambridge june read classics staying study masters known talented musician lived gardens flat shared fiancée solicitor employment law queen events january childhood friends earlier evening robbed chef middle aged man station minutes arrived station way home work walking station attacked according witness reports running gardens black youths according testimony stabbed chased station police found trail blood belongings including pair gloves papers wedding arrangements youths chased fly kicked dropped floor attempted stand kicked face trying away began fight stopped time stabbed twice chest hip wounds penetrating vital organs including heart suffered cuts head hands belongings lay scattered brown took mobile phone card possessions value carrying shouted got responded got brown ran heading home leaving dying ground later taken confirmed dead shortly midnight scene crime took place gardens showed course events violent confrontation book gloves lying outside silver car blood outside list wedding venues outside found collapsed parked cars outside brown according brown childhood friends thought cousins lived grandparents road brown lived mother avenue northwest london conviction assaulting police officer years old caution possessing brown previous convictions pair members violent gang calling taking unlawful wounding december time murder brown respectively men arrested january said innocent allegations claimed pub relatives friends stayed night relative house police searched home found pair trainers forensic tests showed drop blood toe dna people including brown found trainers officers found traces brown dna found indistinguishable material brown said night murder initially claimed robbery man robbery murder mobile phone victim ali discovered home claimed bought men detectives found brown press trial brown police caught footage showed claimed found station forensic evidence found homes brown mobile phone brown denied murder admitted robbed man brown time offence initially named legal reasons trial defendants opened october justice jury trial brown declared stabbed simply robbery gone bad led alleged attack brown youths trial attackers reportedly said defendant denied involvement incident claiming result argument brown youths earlier november brown convicted murder brown reacted guilty turning shaking hands embracing november men sentenced life imprisonment minimum termed fixed years year old brown years trial judge said tell knife considered defendants equally guilty sentences referred majesty attorney general lord court constituted lord chief justice england wales lord phillips justice justice increased brown minimum term years interfere sentence imposed reaction prime minister immediate response murder pledge investigation public safety station close murdered later improved criticised labour government criminal justice system absence father figures ethnic minority cultures claimed causes murder cameron stated lack strong sentences knife crimes failure police stop prolific criminals played role killing insisted parental background key role preventing crime called zero tolerance knife crime claiming criminals sent jail january commissioner sir created considerable controversy described media racist accusation police allegedly coverage black white crimes murder compared given crimes ethnic minorities example blair cited asian man murdered day run dragged yards car driven thieves disturbed broke van parked outside workplace newspapers argued number stories printed victims similar survey national newspapers murders showed longer depth articles written murder legacy following murder friends family set tom memorial trust enable individuals afford achieve potential gaining access appropriate educational facilities aims raise help educate society children incident sparked major public discussion station safety security mainly station suspects ali platform security present cameras ticket barriers left open allowing suspects enter station freely high profile politicians spoke issue station safety called rail companies provide security staff station train left station mayor london train company managed station providing night security new provider franchise rail network provide staff times station open school built vietnam memory colleagues raised money school built leave lasting legacy honour primary school opened cost met hong_kong office employer
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