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| Lynette White: Corruption trial collapse investigation | Lynette White: Corruption trial collapse investigation |
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| The solicitor for one of three men wrongly convicted of killing a Cardiff prostitute said Home Secretary Theresa May is to order an investigation into the collapse of the UK's biggest police corruption trial. | The solicitor for one of three men wrongly convicted of killing a Cardiff prostitute said Home Secretary Theresa May is to order an investigation into the collapse of the UK's biggest police corruption trial. |
| 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 convictions later led to the £30m corruption case in 2011. | The wrongful convictions later led to the £30m corruption case in 2011. |
| The Home Office said it would make an announcement shortly. | The Home Office said it would make an announcement shortly. |
| Lynette, 20, was murdered on St Valentine's Day 1988 at the flat in Butetown, where she took clients. | |
| Tony Paris, Yusef Abdullahi and Stephen Miller - who became known as the Cardiff Three - were wrongly jailed for life in 1990 for the murder and freed in 1992 after their convictions were quashed. | |
| 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. | |
| Twelve former South Wales police officers were charged with perverting the course of justice - but the trial of eight of them collapsed in 2011. | Twelve former South Wales police officers were charged with perverting the course of justice - but the trial of eight of them collapsed in 2011. |
| Matthew Gold who acts for Stephen Miller said they were told on 4 February that the investigation will start on 2 March. | Matthew Gold who acts for Stephen Miller said they were told on 4 February that the investigation will start on 2 March. |
| It will be led by Richard Horwell QC, according to Mr Gold. | It will be led by Richard Horwell QC, according to Mr Gold. |