Mattan: Injustice of a Hanged Man - 4. The Aftermath

After Mahmood Mattan was hanged, his wife Laura was left alone to bring up three young children.
She had little, or no, support; and moved her family to a new area of Cardiff where she hoped to start a new life.
But some people wouldn't let her forget that she had been married to a man convicted and hanged for murder.
She faced abuse and was ostracised; her young family suffered the most terrible cruelty and humiliation.
But the trauma that she and her three sons endured didn't end there.
It continues to be felt even today by the generations of their family that followed.

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

Laura Mattan - Zoe Davies
Newspaper journalist & Insp Harry Power - Richard Elfyn
2nd newspaper journalist - Dean Rehman

Published on Friday, 7th October 2022.

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