Part 11: 'The police made me do it’

Shreds: Murder in the dock

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4.6 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The original murder witnesses come clean – it was all lies.

'Shreds: Murder in the dock’ reveals the untold 30-year story of one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

It is mainly told through the voices of the surviving members of the ‘Cardiff Five’ – the men originally charged and some of whom were later convicted of the murder of 20-year-old Lynette White in Cardiff’s docklands on St Valentine’s Day 1988.

We explore the original two trials – at the time the longest in British criminal history – right through to the fascinating conclusion of the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of Lynette White which culminated in the UK’s biggest-ever police corruption trial.

The back drop is the enduring fall-out on the innocent lives of those involved and the devastating impact on a community once known around the world for its diversity and tolerance, the legendary Tiger Bay.

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0:00.0	You're listening to BBC Sounds.
0:05.0	This podcast contains strong language and details of a murder which some may find distressing.
0:16.0	I knew it was wrong to tell lies, but, you know, I have to make, you know, I'm trying to make the public understand what happened is not, you know, it was not my doing.
0:36.0	I am a good person, but what happened all those years ago was, you know, was not my fault.
0:43.3	It's what the police made me do.
0:46.3	You know, I had no say in the matter, no choice in the matter.
0:51.3	It's... matter it's it's hard me to sit here and tell this story to you to you
1:05.0	it's hard in fact it's hard for me to talk to anyone, you know, about what's happened.
1:14.6	I want to get my side over to the public.
1:23.6	I'm Kerry Jackson.
1:30.4	Welcome to Shredz.
1:34.0	Why are you getting to Shred?
1:37.8	That's why I'm feeling dead.
1:42.3	The truth was beginning to emerge about the Why you break up my heart
1:44.2	The truth was beginning to emerge
1:47.5	About the original case against the Cardiff 5
1:51.2	I want the world to know from my point of view
2:03.6	you know what happened in them days.
2:08.6	It was not my fault.
2:11.6	The police basically is down to them.
2:16.6	You know, I was given no choice, nothing.
2:32.9	This is Angela Pesila, speaking in an interview she gave to colleagues of mine at BBC Wales Investigates back in 2012.
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