Lawrence cop's mission to steer kids from knives

Ex-DCI gives vulnerable youngsters football lessons

- SASKIA ROWLANDS

THE detective who nailed two of the killers of Stephen Lawrence is tackling knife crime by teaching football to vulnerable kids.

Clive Driscoll's project comes a decade after he gathered evidence to bring justice for the family of the teenager who was stabbed by a gang of racists.

Now retired, Clive, 72, runs coaching sessions a few miles from the bus stop where Stephen died in April 1993.

Clive told us: "We get a group of youngsters together and it's about breaking down the gang mentality, steering them away from carrying knives, and giving them greater opportunities.