Sep 22 2022 23 mins 68
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 struggling to make any progress as they hunted for "the silent killer". Then a reward brought forward key witnesses. Despite inconsistencies in testimony, the police made their move and arrested a Somali seaman, Mahmood Mattan.
Presenter and Producer: Danielle Fahiya Sound Design: Cathy Robinson Original Music: Rhodri Llewellyn John Executive Producers: Karen Voisey and Andy Maguire Story Consultant: John Norton Production Manager: Andrea Deere
History consultant: Chris Phillips Archive: BBC Black Britain; ITV Wales.
Police officer and journalist - Richard Elfyn Mahmood Mattan - Ali Goolyad Doris, Margaret Bush & Mary Tolley - Zoe Davies Police officer, Echo vendor and TE Rhys-Roberts - Rhys Downing Harold Cover - Anthony Corria Journalist - Ian Dunnett Jnr
