Mattan: Injustice of a Hanged Man - 2. The Silent Killer

Aged just 10, Ruth was just yards away when her aunty was brutally murdered.
For the first time, Ruth tells publicly the story of how Lily Volpert was killed in the shop she owned, and they lived in as a family.
The police in Cardiff were struggling to make any progress as they hunted for "the silent killer".
Then a reward brought forward key witnesses. Despite inconsistencies in testimony, the police made their move and arrested a Somali seaman, Mahmood Mattan.

Presenter and Producer: Danielle Fahiya
Sound Design: Cathy Robinson
Original Music: Rhodri Llewellyn John
Executive Producers: Karen Voisey and Andy Maguire
Story Consultant: John Norton
Production Manager: Andrea Deere

History consultant: Chris Phillips
Archive: BBC Black Britain; ITV Wales.

Police officer and journalist - Richard Elfyn
Mahmood Mattan - Ali Goolyad
Doris, Margaret Bush & Mary Tolley - Zoe Davies
Police officer, Echo vendor and TE Rhys-Roberts - Rhys Downing
Harold Cover - Anthony Corria
Journalist - Ian Dunnett Jnr

Published on Friday, 23rd September 2022.

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