and kris maharaj was the fall guy. >> frustrating stuff for the british lawyer who took up the case 17 years ago. >> we have a big battle ahead of us. my plan is to develop the evidence a bit more and go to the florida state courts and try to persuade them. if that does not work, we have to go to the american supreme court. >> every piece of new evidence is bittersweet. who stayed by her man this whole time. >> i always dreamed about him when he was younger and always in london. the other day i dreamed that he came home and that he was embracing me and kissing me. >> short of a legal or diplomatic miracle, that remains a rather distant dream. >> i want to be out while i'm alive, not when i'm dead. i want to be vindicated. i do not want to be vindicated after i'm dead. and of police in britain called it the greatest psychological and physical challenge of their careers. riders said they -- rioters said it was their opportunity for revenge on the police theory nearly a year on from the riots storming england's cities, we piece together the events from those terrifying days and ask what w