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Death. Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1923 – 3 September 1952) was a Somali former merchant seaman who was wrongfully convicted, in the United Kingdom, of the murder of Lily Volpert on 6 March 1952. The murder took place in the Docklands area of Cardiff, Wales, and Mattan was mainly convicted on the evidence of a single prosecution witness.
The jobless ex-servicemen attacked black boarding houses and black people, says Nadifa Mohamed, a British Somali writer who is working on a book about Mahmood Mattan, “while the Somalis, among...
3 de sept. de 2022 · Mahmood Mattan, a British Somali and former seaman, was hanged in 1952 after he was convicted of killing shopkeeper Lily Volpert in her store in Cardiff. His conviction was the first Criminal...
3 de sept. de 2022 · Mahmood Hussein Mattan, a British Somali and former seaman, was hanged at Cardiff prison on 3 September 1952 after he was wrongly convicted of murdering shopkeeper Lily Volpert, 41, at her...
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3 de sept. de 2022 · A woman whose grandfather was hanged for a murder he did not commit says it led to her father's untimely death from alcohol abuse. Mahmood Mattan, a British Somali and former seaman, was hanged...
18 de sept. de 2022 · Mahmood Mattan was executed in 1952 for a crime he did not commit; the consequences echoed down generations. A new podcast explores how Mahmood Mattan was the victim of injustice in a...
3 de sept. de 2022 · A new 9-part BBC Sounds podcast explores a shocking miscarriage of justice which led to the execution of Somali seaman Mahmood Mattan on 3 September 1952. Published: 9:00 am, 3 September 2022....
