They framed us. Where’s the justice for us? We’re still waiting for justice. A Killing in Tiger Bay I, Stephen Miller, boyfriend, BBC 2021
20-year-old Lynette White was found brutally murdered in a flat in James Street in Butetown. The alarm was raised when a girlfriend of hers went to the local police station, saying Lynette had not been seen in her home in Grangetown since last Tuesday … She died after a frenzied attack with a sharp instrument believed to be a six-inch blade. ibid. news
Stephen Miller’s blood does not match the blood type found at the flat. No evidence is found linking him to the murder. ibid. captions
In the ’80s it was like the wild west to be quite frank. South Wales Police were a law unto themselves … The pressure on the police was almost intolerable. ibid. Yusuf’s solicitor
I knew they were stitching me up. I knew it straight away. A Killing in Tiger Bay II, victim
The Cardiff 5 have now been in custody for 444 days. ibid. caption
Basically, we was treated like animals, like slaves. ibid. victim
The prosecution had painted it very much as the five acting together. But it was very strange because you had the three being found guilty and the two being found not guilty. ibid. defence dude
The Lynette White murder trial was the longest in British legal history. ibid. caption
Stephen Miller, Yusef Abdullahi and Tony Paris are given life sentences. ibid.
Detective Chief Inspector John Williams retires days before the end of the trial. ibid.
Straight after sentencing the families start a campaign. ‘Free the Cardiff 3’ is headed by Malik Abdullahi and Lloyd Parris. A Killing in Tiger Bay, caption, BBC 2021
The campaign consumed me and Malik’s life totally. ibid. Lloyd
A year after the campaign is launched Reverend Al Sharpton joins a march from Butetown to Cardiff city centre. ibid. caption
The three Appeal Court judges consider the content of all nineteen tapes. ibid.
Short of physical violence it’s hard to conceive of a more hostile and intimidating approach by officers. ibid.
Three days later Gafoor is sentenced – 15 years after Lynette White was murdered. South Wales Police apologise to the Cardiff 5. ibid. caption
Angela Psaila, Leanne Vilday and Mark Grommek were all jailed for 18 months. During sentencing the Judge stated they were ‘seriously hounded, bullied, threatened, abused and manipulated by police’ and as a result felt compelled to agree to the false accounts suggested. ibid.
July 2011: Three years after the perjury trial the biggest police corruption trial in British history begins. 8 South Wales Police officers are charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. After four months the case against the police officers collapses when documents go missing. As a result there was never an opportunity to test the evidence in court. None of the officers were convicted of any offences. All eight officers walk free. ibid.
Two weeks later they find the documents. Am I mad? ibid. Michael Mansfield QC
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984: Pace. Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes that Changed Us III ***** BBC news
The police culture of a previous era persisted. ibid. BBC news
Four years after Pace, a case in Cardiff would publicly expose the dangers of a police service that still chased confessions. On Valentine’s Day 1988 20-year-old Lynette White was found stabbed to death in her flat in Butetown near the Cardiff docks. 10 months later her ex-partner Stephen Miller was arrested on suspicion of murder and questioned at Cardiff police station. After five days of interrogation he confessed to Lynette White’s murder … At his trial Miller was found guilty of murder along with two other men both implicated by his taped confession … ‘They’ve become known as the Cardiff 3: serving a prison sentence for life for a murder they say they didn’t commit.’ ibid. television news
‘Butetown, Cardiff: Lynette White was always on the embankment whatever the weather, whatever time of year it was.’ The Bay: The Murder of Lynette White, reporter, Channel 5 2022
20-year-old Lynette White was found brutally stabbed to death on St Valentine’s Day. Her mutilated body was discovered at this flat in the docks area of Cardiff. ibid.
After leaving school, Lynette left home aged 18 to live in the Butetown area of Cardiff. ibid. caption
Lynette had been living with her boyfriend Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller moved to Cardiff from London. ibid.
Someone who was seen in the street or in the area with blood on his hands distressed in James Street. ibid. rozzer
Four witnesses place five local Butetown men at the murder scene on the night in question. ibid. caption
They needed one of the five to confess. ibid. dude
On October 17th 1989 the trial of the Cardiff 5 begins at Swansea Crown Court. ibid. caption
No identification, no forensic, no DNA, nothing. ibid. accused victim
In a major breakthrough, eminent human rights barrister Michael Mansfield QC agrees to take on the case. ibid. caption
December 1992: The case goes to the Court of Appeal. ibid.
The Lord Chief Justice stopped the appeal once he heard the tapes. That was it. ibid. Michael Mansfield
In a major breakthrough the police now have the DNA profile of the killer. ibid.
A murder where the traces of the killer went undiscovered for over a decade … One of Britain’s most controversial cases. Cold Case Forensics: Lynette White ***** ITV 2023
The investigation into Lynette White’s murder was to be tainted of accusations of racism and corruption. Witnesses were bullied by police and a false confession led to one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history. A suspect in blood-stained clothes was seen near the flat was white; but all the men the police arrested were black. They were to become known by campaigners as the Cardiff 5. ibid.
[Television news]: Lynette White was 20 when police found her mutilated body in her flat in Cardiff’s docks area. She had been stabbed and slashed 50 times. Forensics: Catching the Killer s4e5: A Murder in Butetown, Sky Crime 2024
Police now did have an image of the suspect. ibid.
The key suspect was a white man with blood on his hands. Then all that changes. And suddenly the police announced they had arrested five black guys from Butetown. ibid.
Despite their protestations of innocence, the police were not really listening. ibid.
The judge has a heart attack and died. ibid.
The longest criminal trial in British legal history up to that point. ibid.
In December 1992, having spent 4 years in prison, the Cardiff 3 were finally acquitted. ibid.
1999: The case reopens … applying advances in new technology. ibid.
The forensic team and detectives now had a prime suspect in their sights. ibid.
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Galan aimed reprisals against anybody anywhere ... A serial killer. ibid.
He would emerge from shadows to shoot his six victims execution-style. ibid.