Mahmood Mattan was hanged for a murder he didn't commit.70 years on, and his execution continues to reverberate in Cardiff, and beyond.His surviving family still have so many unanswered questions -and one grandchild embarks on a journey to t

8. A Lost Generation

Nov 4th, 2022 33m 33s

Mahmood Mattan was hanged 70 years ago for a murder he did not commit.The aftermath of his execution has run deep through the Mattan family. All three of his sons faced years of prejudice because of what happened to their father: lives chan

7. Cursed

Oct 28th, 2022 28m 2s

Mahmood Mattan's family received a six-figure compensation pay-out after his conviction for murder was quashed - but it didn't bring them the peace of mind they craved.The "blood money" brought with it its own problems, as his sons increasingl

6. "Our Last Chance"

Oct 21st, 2022 43m 3s

Desperate to clear Mahmood Mattan's name, his family have one last throw of the dice.It works - and finally his widow and three sons have their day in court.Forty six years after Mattan was hanged, a series of revelations are made which serio

5. A new murder suspect

Oct 14th, 2022 31m 30s

For years, Mahmood Mattan's family believed in his innocence. But no-one would listen.Then in 1969, a shocking revelation - another vicious attack which bore many of the hallmarks of the murder of Lily Volpert.And the man responsible for that

4. The Aftermath

Oct 7th, 2022 32m 25s

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

3. "Semi-civilised savage"

Sep 30th, 2022 44m 45s

Within six months of his arrest, Mahmood Mattan found himself on trial for murder. But could he ever receive a fair trial?A black man was facing the gallows and he had to place his faith in an all-white jury.There was little forensic evidence

2. The Silent Killer

Sep 23rd, 2022 23m 35s

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 strug

1. Prologue: It Began with a Murder

Sep 9th, 2022 16m 44s

Mahmood Mattan came to the UK from Somalia to seek a better life.He met and fell in love with a local woman from Cardiff. But in the 1950s, their mixed marriage was frowned upon.And that racial hostility simmered away in Mahmood's life, and p

Mattan: Injustice of a Hanged Man… coming soon

Sep 2nd, 2022 4m 5s

Somali seaman Mahmood Mattan was hanged for a crime he didn't commit.On March 6th, 1952, Lily Volpert was murdered in the shop she ran in Cardiff's Tiger Bay.What followed was a flawed police investigation and prejudiced trial that ultimately

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