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In 1952 a shopkeeper named Lily Volpert was murdered in the docks district of Cardiff, known as Tiger Bay. A Somali former merchant seaman, Mahmood Hussein Mattan, was charged with the murder, convicted and hanged. But 46 years later he became the first person in British history to have a murder conviction overturned after being executed.
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00:28You
00:36Amurd Usain Matan, you have been convicted of the murder of Lili Volpert, the penalty for which is death by
00:46Amin.
00:46After a refusal of appeal and call for further evidence, the execution will go forward as stipulated under Section 123
00:57of Offences Against the Person, Act 1861.
01:02Do you have any last words?
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