Part 12: Shreds

Shreds: Murder in the dock

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🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The UK’s biggest-ever police corruption trial.

'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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to BBC Sounds.
0:05.6	This podcast contains strong language and details of a murder, which some may find distressing.
0:13.4	Twelve police officers face charges over the investigation into the murder of prostitute Lynette White.
0:20.2	I'm Kerry Jackson.
0:21.7	Why are you up of my heart?
0:24.2	Welcome to Shredz.
0:29.5	That's why I'm feeling dead.
0:33.3	Why you break up my heart?
0:37.2	You know what I mean?
0:38.3	This is just a joke
0:39.3	You know, he's just doing it to please the public
0:42.3	You know, we are doing something
0:44.3	It will, it will, John, we've got so much evidence
0:48.3	We can't tell you the evidence we go
0:50.3	I remember him sitting down clear as me
0:52.3	And saying to me I say, yeah, all right.
0:56.7	I will see.
0:58.4	John Acty was kept regularly informed about the investigation into suspected corruption
1:03.9	drew in the original inquiry into the murder of Lynette White.
1:08.3	But nothing could assuage his cynicism.
1:11.2	Because I used to tell him, I don't believe you.
1:13.1	Ask Tony, Tony, Tony will tell you.
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