Who is Jeffrey Gafoor and where is he now?
THE murder of Lynette White in 1988 led to one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in British legal history.
Jeffrey Gafoor was eventually convicted of the crime in 2003. But who was he, and where is he now?
Who is Jeffrey Gafoor?
Jeffrey Gafoor is a former security guard, known for being convicted of the 1988 murder of sex worker Lynette White.
He was imprisoned in 2003 after admitting guilt, 15 years after the incident took place.
He was eventually tracked down for the crime through DNA searching, which had become more advanced since the original investigation.
What happened to Lynette White?
Lynette White was murdered on February 14, 1988, in her docklands flat in Cardiff.
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She was found with stab wounds after police forced entry.
In November 1988, police charged five black and mixed race men with White's murder despite having no scientific evidence linked to them being at the crime scene.
The men, who became known as the Cardiff Five, were unexpectedly arrested in response to local yacht club secretary Violet Perriam telling detectives she remembered seeing a number of suspicious black men near the flat where White was killed.
Three men were arrested and charged with the murder in 1989, but had their sentences quashed on appeal in 1992.
Their initial conviction is now widely recognised as one of the UK's worst ever miscarriages of justice.
Gafoor was eventually caught in February 2003, and was sentenced in July of that year.
How long did Jeffrey Gafoor get sentenced for?
In 2003, Gafoor was given a life sentence for the murder.
He was ordered to serve a minimum of 13 years.
His tariff is lower than two of the three men who were wrongly convicted of the crime he committed in 1990.
He admitted to stabbing Ms White in a row over £30.
Will Jeffrey Gafoor ever be released from prison?
The notorious murderer has not been deemed suitable for release, according to the Parole Board.
He was however moved to an open prison in November 2020.
In 2023, it was recommended that Gafoor could be allowed out on day release, but was not yet suitable to be allowed out on licence following a parole board review.