Part 2: Number 7 James Street

Shreds: Murder in the dock

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4.6 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A young woman is found murdered in an empty, unlit flat on Valentine’s Day.

Outside, a man is crying and covered in blood. What happens next almost defies belief. Yes, this really did happen…

‘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.
0:04.8	This podcast contains strong language and details of a murder, which some may find distressing.
0:11.7	The body of Lynette White was found in an unoccupied flat above a betting shop in James Street in Buketown.
0:18.2	She'd always lived in Cardiff and police say she was well known in the Dockland area.
0:22.6	They now want to talk to anyone who's seen her since last Tuesday.
0:26.6	I'm Kerry Jackson.
0:30.6	Welcome to Shreds.
0:33.6	Why are you getting to Shredd.
0:40.6	That's why I'm feeling dead.
0:46.5	On the Monday morning, out of my house,
0:47.8	14, 5thew Street,
0:49.9	just come out, open the gate.
0:52.2	A guy called Michael Johnson.
0:53.7	Come up.
0:55.1	He said, did you hear about that?
0:56.1	Murder?
0:57.3	I went,
0:59.3	He went Lynette White I'm thinking, who's that?
1:00.8	Who's that? Who's that?
1:02.3	Bam, bam, blah in my mind, you know.
1:04.6	It's only down the road.
1:06.4	I think, who's that, who's that?
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