{"podcast":{"title":"British Murders with Stuart Blues","slug":"british-murders-with-stuart-blues-1328515","podcast_index_feed_id":1328515,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67c198ecc003bff532f5476d","website_url":"https://www.britishmurders.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67c198ecc003bff532f5476d/1761059814121-5f91d109-7391-4f9e-b91b-b7ed2b12af4f.jpeg","author":"Stuart Blues","episode_count":391,"summary":"British Murders is a UK true crime podcast exploring both headline making investigations and lesser known cases that deserve to be remembered. Hosted by Yorkshireman Stuart Blues, the show covers listener suggested cases from across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each episode examines what happened, how the case unfolded, and the wider social, cultural, and historical context surrounding the crime. The show covers British crime cases ranging from domestic abuse, coercive control, missing persons, policing failures, miscarriages of justice, and the long-term effects of violent crime on those left behind. With care, balance, and empathy, placing victims, not offenders, at the centre of every story, British Murders focuses on the human cost of murder and the lasting impact on families and communities. Alongside case deep dives, the podcast features conversations with journalists, authors, campaigners, and criminal justice professionals about responsible true crime storytelling. New episodes every Thursday! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. 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She is trying to earn enough money to get through another night and return home safely by morning. Instead, Lynette White was subjected to a savage and sustained attack in a flat above a betting shop in Tiger Bay. By sunrise, she is dead, and one of the most notorious murder investigations in British history is about to begin. Police came under intense pressure to find Lynette’s killer quickly, and what followed was a case that shocked Wales and later the entire United Kingdom. Detectives arrested a group of local men, three of whom were convicted despite no reliable forensic evidence linking them to the crime. The alleged confession was fiercely disputed, allegations of police misconduct emerged, and years later the convictions were overturned, exposing a catastrophic miscarriage of justice that would become known as the story of the Cardiff Three. In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues, we examine the murder of Lynette White and the long road to justice that followed for the Cardiff Three. From Lynette’s life in Cardiff and the events of that Valentine’s weekend, to the flawed police investigation, controversial interviews, false witness testimony, appeals, and the public outcry that followed, this is a deeply distressing true crime story of violence, corruption claims, and lives destroyed on every side. We also explore how advances in DNA testing finally identified Jeffrey Gafoor as Lynette’s killer more than a decade later. We break down the forensic breakthrough, his eventual confession, the sentence handed down, and the lasting impact the case had on British policing and criminal justice. This is a heartbreaking story about a young woman failed in…","meta_description":"A 20-year-old woman is working in Cardiff’s docklands district in the early hours of February 14, 1988. 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