Part 5: A trial like no other

Shreds: Murder in the dock

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4.6 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

‘When it was finally over the head juror simply sat down and wept.’

'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.
0:04.5	This podcast contains strong language and details of a murder, which some may find distressing.
0:15.0	The judge, Mr Justice Leonard, called all five defendants into the court shortly before five o'clock.
0:35.6	Thank you. Leonard called all five defendants into the court shortly before five o'clock. The jury foreman explained that he had verdicts on two of the accused. The dock was cleared apart from Stephen Miller, Lynette White's boyfriend.
0:39.3	The verdict?
0:41.8	Guilty.
0:44.2	Then it was Anthony Paris's turn.
0:47.7	I'm Kerry Jackson.
0:51.2	Welcome to Shreds.
0:52.5	Why are you getting to Shredd. Why are you telling to Shred?
0:55.0	That's why I'm feeling big.
0:59.0	Why you break up my heart.
1:03.0	I got called up on my own, I can remember.
1:06.0	I think that if I'm not guilty.
1:08.0	The nonsense coming out of that cart that we're supposed to be doing and all
1:13.6	and all this was, and the witnesses what they were saying and that they can't agree with their
1:19.8	stories and so I'm thinking I'm going to get four not guilty.
1:32.3	The jury foreman again announced a guilty verdict. Paris then turned to the judge and said, I haven't done anything, I am innocent.
1:37.3	I thought me guilty.
1:40.3	And I froze.
1:41.3	And I could, I gasp in the back.
1:45.0	And I could have somebody falling on the floor.
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