Justice for Christopher

The Story

Dan box

Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

13 year old Christopher Kapessa died in July last year after he was pushed from a bridge over the Cynon river in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. The Crown Prosecution Service concluded that it was a “foolish prank”. Did racism play a role in his death and the subsequent police investigation?

Guests:

Alina Joseph, mother of Christopher Kapessa.

Hilary Brown, lawyer for Alina Joseph.

Suresh Grover, founder of The Monitoring Group.

Jude Lanchin, solicitor at Bindmans.

Additional music: Jordan Powell (licensed under Creative Commons).

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0:00.0	Oh, here we go. Hello. We've just arrived and but we were getting a bit lost but we think we found it now.
0:06.0	And there's a kind of colourful park or playground.
0:10.0	Got it. Okay, see you very soon.
0:12.0	Okay, see you very soon. Okay, bye.
0:13.0	Bye. Last summer, 13-year-old Christopher Kappessa drowned in a river in South Wales in a small village
0:27.0	called Mountain Ash.
0:29.8	Initially, the police said Christopher's death was a tragic accident.
0:35.0	But now, the Crown Prosecution Service agrees that he was pushed in. in I went to Wales with my producer Poppy Damon to find out more.
0:49.0	And just a warning, this story has descriptions of racist abuse and the death of a child. Hello, it's Jamie Lange.
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