Interview #33 | The Lynette White Case: Author John Williams Reflects on His Career and the Story of 'The Cardiff Three'

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

I welcome Welsh author John Williams to the show in this interview episode to discuss his career and the Lynette White murder case.

In 1994, John released 'Bloody Valentine', a non-fiction book about the murder of a young woman called Lynette White in the Cardiff docklands (aka Tiger Bay) on Valentine's Day 1988. It's also the story of the miscarriage of justice after three black men, 'The Cardiff Three', were wrongly convicted of her murder.

It's a brutally frank tale of racism and police corruption, terrible misogynist violence and the grim realities of sex work. It's a book that got so close to the bone that John was sued for libel by the police and received death threats from various minor characters. It's an unforgettable portrait of life in the underbelly of Thatcher's Britain.

John also writes crime fiction under the name "John Lincoln", with his latest effort, 'Grey in the Dark', released on February 23, 2023.

You can purchase 'Bloody Valentine' and 'Grey in the Dark' here:

Bloody Valentine | Oldcastle Books

Grey in the Dark | No Exit Press

You can learn more about John's work on his website:

Home | John Lincoln Williams

***This interview was recorded on May 25, 2023.

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0:00.0	This podcast contains elements that may be alarming to some listeners.
0:04.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:06.4	You are now listening to British Brothers.
0:09.8	This will cry podcast. John Williams, welcome to the show.
0:27.6	It's a pleasure to have you on.
0:29.4	Do you prefer, here's what I want to ask you,
0:31.1	because you've had, as an author, published author,
0:34.0	you've had books published under John Lincoln,
0:39.9	under John L. Williams,
0:45.6	John Williams, John Lincoln. I'm guessing your name is John Lincoln Williams, right?
0:51.9	Yeah, exactly. But yeah, when I started writing was long enough ago that, you know,
0:54.5	Google wasn't really a thing. So being called John Williams was meant, you know, okay,
0:57.2	there might be a couple of others near you in the bookshop,
0:59.6	but it didn't mean that you put your name into a search engine
1:02.6	and you get about 15 billion hits on the guy who wrote the music for Star Wars
1:06.7	before you ever get to me.
1:08.3	Right.
1:10.7	So what prompted you to change?
1:12.5	Is it a case of you do,
1:14.5	we'll get onto your work anyway,
1:16.1	but you've got sort of a true crime book
1:18.0	that I've got in my hand here
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