A gang of around five white youths attack a lone Black man on a London street at night. One of them drives a knife deep into him. The crime is unprovoked and over in seconds. The police initially deny the killing is racially motivated, as activists rally to demand justice and a wider reckoning with racism in society.
There are striking similarities between the murder of aspiring architect Stephen Lawrence near a bus stop in Eltham, south east London in April 1993, and that of aspiring lawyer Kelso Cochrane on the derelict edge of Notting Hill in May 1959.
But while the Lawrence case is etched into the public consciousness, the death of Cochrane, a 32-year-old carpenter from Antigua who arrived in Britain as part of the Windrush generation, became a footnote in history.
