The Anglesey Murders Box Set: The Complete Series

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The recommendation was that the double killer, from Ely, Cardiff, should serve a minimum of 25 years for the murder of New Zealander Clive Tully – whose torso, head and limbs were found in bags. Despite an intensive police investigation the killer of the 39-year-old teacher, has never been found.

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Fiona Griffiths, the youngest detective in the South Wales Major Crimes is the star of Henry Bingham’s six book series. It’s a taut thriller and won the prestigious UK Theakstons Old Peculier crime novel of the year in 2014. Det Ch Insp Brian Kearney of North Wales Police said after the verdict that Mr Corrigan was "the victim of a barbaric, medieval-style execution in one of the safest parts of the UK" and was "entirely innocent".

From a serial killer who targeted men to a shotgun-wielding murderer who shot four people in cold blood, the criminals' names have become etched into the memory of the nation, as have those of their victims'. Spend any time in Wales and at some point you’ll find yourself on the A470, aka the Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road.

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The jury at Roberts’ trial heard Mrs Nixon had also suffered brutal injuries to her ribs “attributable to the offender stamping on her as she lay on the ground”. Red fibres found at the scene were later traced to a Blackpool hotel where Roberts was known to have stayed. Two brothers from Neath – Wayne and Paul Darvell – were convicted of the gruesome killing and were later jailed for life for Sandra’s murder.Whall worked for gyms in Bangor, where he built up a client base and then set himself up as a sports therapist, tai chi instructor and personal trainer in the area, moving to a larger premises in Treborth. Forensic examination revealed bloodstains in the hallway and items found to be disturbed in downstairs rooms. Rutherford’s victims included the hotel’s owner Linda Simcox, 59, her daughter Lorna McIntyre, 24, Lorna’s husband Alistair, 33, and family friend John Green, 55, from Texas.

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The murder hunt was launched after the grisly discovery of a torso in Rogerstone, followed a few days later by a head and limbs in St Brides Wentlooge – in the marshlands between Cardiff and Newport. Convicted again by a jury of murder, this time at Manchester Crown Court, the judge, Mr Justice Garland, jailed him for life and declined to recommend the minimum time he should serve. David Morris was jailed for life for the second time in 2006 for killing Ms Power and her family after a prior conviction was quashed. Of course it was not the first miscarriage of justice to occur in the Cardiff Docks—Nadifa Mohamed’s The Fortune Men (2021) tells the story of the executed innocent Somali man Mahmood Mattan.To be able to know so many of these places really makes you think about what is going to happen next. After Green was tracked down, it emerged he had only recently been released from jail for a similarly gruesome murder 20 years previously, when the victim had also been cut up. The bodies of Harry, 64, and his 67-year-old wife Megan had been found covered in a carpet and stowed in a cowshed.