Clydach: Police speak to 'new witnesses' after murder doc

Mandy Power with her daughters Emily and Katie were murdered in their home

Police have spoken to two men who were interviewed about the Clydach murders for the first time on a BBC documentary.

In 1999, Mandy Power, her mother Doris, 80, and her children Katie, 10, and Emily, eight, were beaten to death in their home in Clydach, Swansea county.

David Morris was found guilty of the murders.

But in October, a programme by BBC Wales Investigates cast fresh doubts on his conviction.

It featured interviews with two potential witnesses - one of whom said he had never spoken to police and the other said he contacted police to report what he had seen but nobody ever called him back.

David Morris faced two trials for the murders and was found guilty at both

South Wales Police said: "As you would expect, officers have now spoken to both men to establish what information they hold.

"We are carefully assessing this information and will determine our next course of action in due course."

On the night of Saturday 26 June1999, all four residents at 9 Kelvin Road in Clydach were beaten to death with a metal pole and fires were started in different parts of the house.

Neighbours called the fire service and the incident was initially dealt with as a fatal blaze before the full horror of the murders emerged.

'Large and complex investigation'

Morris' conviction has been considered by the Criminal Cases Review Commission on more than one occasion, the most recent being in 2018.

"Following a thorough review of the case material they decided not to refer it to the Court of Appeal as no new evidence had been identified," the force added about the review two years ago.

It said the murder investigation had been "the largest and most complex" ever undertaken by a Welsh police force.

It resulted in Morris being convicted of murder but that conviction was overturned on appeal and he was again convicted at a retrial.

In a statement, members of the Free Dai Morris Campaign called for South Wales Police to refer itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the handling of the case."This documentary highlighted just how important this evidence is for the case and evidenced just how unsafe the conviction of David is," they said.