Part 13: Tiger Bay’s last fight

Shreds: Murder in the dock

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4.6 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Back to Butetown and the Cardiff Five, 30 years on.

'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.
0:05.8	This podcast contains strong language and details of a murder which some may find distressing.
0:12.4	It's somewhat now in the DNA of the force, I've got to say.
0:15.1	Our determination not to fail in this way again steals my resolve every day to make sure that our investigations
0:21.9	are of the highest quality, professionally, technically, ethically that they can possibly be. So
0:26.9	I don't think even though this is an event that took place 30 years ago, it will leave the psyche
0:32.5	of this organisation in its leadership for another generation. I'm Kerry Jackson.
0:38.3	Welcome to Shredz.
0:42.3	Why are you getting to Shredd?
0:45.3	That's why I'm feeling dead.
0:48.3	Why you break up my heart?
0:51.3	I think it's been a pivotal case and the one thing that I'll never forget
0:55.5	is that right at the heart of it,
0:57.6	Lynette White, whose names become synonymous
0:59.2	with all the events that happened afterwards.
1:01.8	This is Matt Dukes,
1:03.6	Chief Constable of South Wales Police,
1:06.6	speaking to me on the 30th anniversary
1:08.7	of the murder last year.
1:13.6	We will never lose sight of the fact that others were affected by the case
1:18.1	and that's had huge implications for them.
1:35.7	In the last episode, we heard about the collapse of the UK's biggest ever police corruption trial.
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