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'No Lynette White police corruption public inquiry', says lawyer 'No Lynette White police corruption public inquiry', says lawyer
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There will be no public inquiry into the handling of a police corruption trial surrounding a notorious murder case, a lawyer for a man wrongly convicted says he has been told.There will be no public inquiry into the handling of a police corruption trial surrounding a notorious murder case, a lawyer for a man wrongly convicted says he has been told.
Lynette White was stabbed more than 50 times in 1988 in the Cardiff docklands flat where she worked as a prostitute.Lynette White was stabbed more than 50 times in 1988 in the Cardiff docklands flat where she worked as a prostitute.
The wrongful conviction of three men later led to the failed 2011 police corruption case at Swansea Crown Court.The wrongful conviction of three men later led to the failed 2011 police corruption case at Swansea Crown Court.
Lawyer Matthew Gold said the Home Office decision would be challenged.Lawyer Matthew Gold said the Home Office decision would be challenged.
The Home Office has been asked to comment. Miss White, 20, was murdered on St Valentine's Day 1988 at the flat in Butetown where she took clients.
Mr Gold, who represents Stephen Miller, said the decision "flies in the face of logic and justice". Stephen Miller, Tony Paris and Yusef Abdullahi, who became known as the Cardiff Three, were wrongly convicted of her murder and jailed for life in 1990.
He and the lawyers who represent the two other cleared men - known as the Cardiff Three - will challenge Home Secretary Theresa May's decision in the High Court early next year. Their convictions were quashed in 1992 and they were freed.
The wrongful conviction of Mr Miller, Tony Paris and Yusef Abdullahi - who died in 2011 - led to the failed police corruption case. More than a decade later, the real murderer was identified using DNA technology. Jeffrey Gafoor confessed to stabbing her during a row and he was jailed.
The prosecution of eight former South Wales Police officers and two others was halted in December 2011 when Swansea Crown Court was told certain documents had been destroyed by the police. An investigation into alleged police corruption at the South Wales force was launched as a result of the wrongful conviction the Cardiff Three.
Mr Gold said: "The secretary of state's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the reasons for the collapse of the Swansea trial flies in the face of logic and justice. It became Britain's biggest police corruption case, costing an estimated £30m.
"The decision was taken despite the government accepting that there is genuine public concern, issues have not been investigated, and that an inquiry may assist with understanding what happened." But the prosecution of eight former police officers and two others was halted in December 2011 when Swansea Crown Court was told certain documents had been destroyed by the police.
"The secretary of state has failed to consider a narrower inquiry that will involve less public expense. This is a serious omission."
Mr Gold said the "victims of the original miscarriage of justice will continue to fight for the right to know what happened".
It was Britain's biggest police corruption case, costing an estimated £30m.
DNA technology
The officers involved in the original murder investigation all denied conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Former officers Graham Mouncher, Thomas Page, Richard Powell, John Seaford, Michael Daniels, Peter Greenwood, Paul Jennings and Paul Stephen were all acquitted.Former officers Graham Mouncher, Thomas Page, Richard Powell, John Seaford, Michael Daniels, Peter Greenwood, Paul Jennings and Paul Stephen were all acquitted.
At the time, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said the mistakes over the handling of documents before the collapse did not warrant formal misconduct action.At the time, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said the mistakes over the handling of documents before the collapse did not warrant formal misconduct action.
Miss White, 20, was murdered on St Valentine's Day 1988 at the flat in Butetown where she took clients. Speaking on Friday, Matthew Gold, who represents Mr Miller said: "The secretary of state's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the reasons for the collapse of the Swansea trial flies in the face of logic and justice.
Mr Paris, Mr Abdullahi and Mr Miller were wrongly jailed for life in 1990 for the murder and freed in 1992 after their convictions were quashed. "The decision was taken despite the government accepting that there is genuine public concern, issues have not been investigated, and that an inquiry may assist with understanding what happened.
In 2003 new DNA technology led South Wales Police to Ms White's real killer - Jeffrey Gafoor. He confessed to stabbing her in a row over £30 and was jailed. "The secretary of state has failed to consider a narrower inquiry that will involve less public expense. This is a serious omission."
Mr Gold said the "victims of the original miscarriage of justice will continue to fight for the right to know what happened".
He said he and the lawyers who represent Mr Paris and Mr Abdullahi, who died in 2011, will challenge Home Secretary Theresa May's decision in the High Court early next year.
The Home Office has been asked to comment.