Part One: Prologue – Under the bridge

Shreds: Murder in the dock

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4.6 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Prelude to a murder in old Tiger Bay.

A young woman is murdered in a frenzied knife attack. 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.

The story 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 do to the This is what they're doing
0:22.6	This is what they do
0:24.6	They're all I tried to do
0:26.6	They're not
0:27.6	Tony,
0:30.6	And you just wanted to
0:31.6	They just wanted
0:33.6	They're innocent
0:34.6	They wanted to just put
0:35.6	Innocent
0:36.6	Innocent They're innocent They're innocent. Innocent! Innocent!
0:38.0	They're innocent!
0:39.3	They're innocent.
0:39.8	What are your feelings are now?
0:41.0	My feelings, I am bitter.
0:43.0	I am broke.
0:44.3	I want to go home to my family.
0:46.0	The bloody got to bomb me! Listen to my voice. What are you thinking right now? You know nothing about me, but you're making a judgment based solely on the way I sound. We all do it. We can't help it. Making judgments is part of being human.
1:14.1	This is a story about how judgment ripped apart the lives of five men
1:18.9	and threatened to bring an entire police force to its knees.
1:26.0	I can tell you that she has been brutally murdered.
1:32.3	It is almost certainly a vicious, frenzied, sadistic attack on this young female, and death
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