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18 May 2011
Last updated at 06:06 ET
Two men are to stand trial over the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
Gary Dobson, 35, and David Norris, 34, are accused of killing the black teenager at a bus stop in Eltham, south-east London, on 22 April, 1993.
Nobody has been convicted of the crime, but a small team of Scotland Yard detectives has continued to investigate the 18-year-old's death.
Mr Dobson stood trial in 1996 over the murder - which he denied - and he was acquitted.
Mr Dobson and Mr Norris were arrested last September over the murder and are in custody. The allegations could not previously be reported for legal reasons.
Their trial is due to take place in November at the Old Bailey.
The BBC's Daniel Boettcher, at the Court of Appeal, said that Mr Dobson's trial could not have previously taken place under the double jeopardy rule, which prevented a suspect being tried a second time for a crime.
"Up to a new piece of legislation in 2003 it was not possible to face a fresh trial on the same allegations," our correspondent said.
"That so-called double jeopardy rule was changed. The new law was actually introduced in 2005. But there is this level that has to be reached, that judges have to be convinced that there is new and compelling evidence to allow that fresh trial."
Mr Lawrence's parents, Doreen and Neville Lawrence, have continued to campaign for their son's killer to be brought to justice.
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Gary Dobson, 35, and David Norris, 34, are accused of killing the black teenager at a bus stop in Eltham, south-east London, on 22 April, 1993.
Nobody has been convicted of the crime, but a small team of Scotland Yard detectives has continued to investigate the 18-year-old's death.
Mr Dobson stood trial in 1996 over the murder - which he denied - and he was acquitted.
Mr Dobson and Mr Norris were arrested last September over the murder and are in custody. The allegations could not previously be reported for legal reasons.
Their trial is due to take place in November at the Old Bailey.
The BBC's Daniel Boettcher, at the Court of Appeal, said that Mr Dobson's trial could not have previously taken place under the double jeopardy rule, which prevented a suspect being tried a second time for a crime.
"Up to a new piece of legislation in 2003 it was not possible to face a fresh trial on the same allegations," our correspondent said.
"That so-called double jeopardy rule was changed. The new law was actually introduced in 2005. But there is this level that has to be reached, that judges have to be convinced that there is new and compelling evidence to allow that fresh trial."
Mr Lawrence's parents, Doreen and Neville Lawrence, have continued to campaign for their son's killer to be brought to justice.
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