murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar occurred in November 1998 in Overtown , North Lanarkshire , Scotland . Two prosecutions – in 1999 and in 2000 – were unsuccessful . Two inquiries were held that reported in 2001 . Eighteen years after the crime , in October 2016 , a conviction was made . This was only the second time in Scottish legal history that a person was tried twice for the same crime . This controversial case raised a number of complicated legal issues , including the double jeopardy rule , as well as institutional racism on the part of investigating police and prosecutors . It has parallels with the Stephen Lawrence murder in England
Stephen Lawrence murder
Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar