The boy from Tiger Bay : a true story of murder, betrayal, and a fight for justice
Jackson, Ceri2025
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On Valentine's Day 1988, twenty-year-old Lynette White was brutally murdered in a dark corner of Cardiff's world-famous, and infamous, Tiger Bay. Stigmatised by a bad reputation, the area was on the brink of major redevelopment which would change the historic community forever. South Wales Police launched its biggest murder hunt to date, and within weeks detectives released a photofit of a prime suspect seen outside the murder scene, his hands covered in blood. A white man. But as the months passed by and no arrest was made, the police came under inevitable pressure. Everyone knew John Actie. But he didn't know Lynette White. Yet, almost a year after her death, he and four other innocent men were charged with killing her. None matched the description, and none were white. But they became the scapegoats in what some saw as a desperate attempt to close the case.
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Seattle : Little A, 2025.Seattle : Little A, 2025.
Collation:
336 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781662510489 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1523
Language:
English
Subject:
Actie, JohnWhite, Lynette, 1967-1988 -- Death and burialMurder -- Investigation -- Wales -- Cardiff -- History -- 20th centuryRace discrimination -- Wales -- Cardiff -- History -- 20th centuryDiscrimination in criminal justice administration -- Wales -- Cardiff -- History -- 20th centuryTrue CrimeSouth Walesc 1970 to c 1979Biography: generalTrue crimeEthnic minorities & multicultural studies
BRN:
3070994