Political pressure is mounting on the authorities to re-open the Ffynnon Samson murder case 46 years after the shock deaths of a brother and sister in a quiet Pembrokeshire village.
Campaigners say two local Senedd members have given their backing to the campaign to re-open the inquest into the deaths of brother and sister, Griff and Patti Thomas, who were found dead in their Llangolman farmhouse in north Pembrokeshire, just before Christmas 1976.
The subsequent inquest declared that Griff, 73, had murdered his sister Patti, 70, before deliberately setting himself on fire and an open verdict was declared in his case.
Local residents, along with family members, have never accepted the verdicts and a campaign was recently launched to persuade the police to re-examine the investigation and to re-open the inquest.
Campaign co-ordinator, Hefin Wyn, said that campaigners had been buoyed by the intervention of Senedd politicians, Paul Davies and Cefin Campbell.
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Preseli Pembrokeshire Senedd member, Paul Davies, told local papur bro, Clebran.
“I support the calls made by people from all parts of Pembrokeshire and beyond for this matter to be reopened.
“It is obvious questions remain unanswered and therefore it is highly important this matter is looked at again and all the evidence re-examined.
“I hope the authorities will look favourably upon the request – the community has now been waiting for 46 years for answers and it is all important the questions that are unanswered will be answered.”
Plaid Cymru Regional West and Mid-Wales Senedd member, Cefin Campbell, added: “I know many within the local community, and further afield across the whole of Pembrokeshire are keen to see this case re-opened by the authorities – especially on considering the new forensic work developed by the police over the last decades.
“I am happy to support the community’s wishes – and am hopeful an investigation will bring new light to bear on what happened at Llangolman.”
Campaign coordinator Hefin Wynn said that, despite a police search of their storage facilities drawing a blank in the search for evidence from Ffynnon Samson, the inquest should be reopened.
“There are too many questions that cannot be satisfactorily answered to brandish Griff Thomas a murderer,” he said.
“Local inhabitants believe he is innocent of murder and cannot fathom the fact that according to the police report he deliberately set himself on fire when there was no evidence of even an accelerant used.
“We contend there was insufficient evidence to prove he had murdered his sister. His name must be cleared.
“We expect the the political pressure brought by two Senedd members to be sufficient to order a re-opening of the inquest at least.”
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