The frenzied murder of a miner in a Welsh park even Scotland Yard s top man couldn t solve
The well-liked victim was stabbed 44 times before his body was dumped in a flowerbed in a park in Aberdare. The killing sent the entire community into shock and remains unsolved today
Everyone called him George.
It was the moniker Jerzy Strzadala found himself being given after coming to the South Wales Valleys from Poland after World War Two – mostly because his new neighbours in Aberdare couldn t manage to pronounce his real name.
Having found work at Tirherbert Colliery in Hirwaun the 33-year-old, who was lodging at the nearby Miners Hostel, had gone for a walk on the evening of Monday, April 19, 1948, making the fateful decision to cut through the town s park.
THE Welsh Ambulance Service has re-enlisted the support of the military as it contends with a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 90 soldiers will once again assist the Trust’s Covid-19 effort by driving ambulance vehicles from Wednesday. Among them will be soldiers from 9 Regiment Royal Logistics Corps. On Sunday, Chief Executive Jason Killens visited their headquarters in Chippenham, where soldiers were undergoing training ahead of deployment. Jason said: “The extreme pressure on our ambulance service in the last couple of weeks has been well documented, and it’s why we’ve taken the decision to re-enlist the military, who did a superb job of assisting us earlier in the year.
The Army is helping the Welsh Ambulance Service with the coronavirus effort. THE Welsh Ambulance Service has re-enlisted the support of the military as it contends with a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 90 soldiers will once again assist the Trust’s Covid-19 effort by driving ambulance vehicles from tomorrow (Wednesday). Among them will be soldiers from 9 Regiment Royal Logistics Corps. On Sunday, Chief Executive Jason Killens visited their headquarters in Chippenham, where soldiers were undergoing training ahead of deployment. Jason said: “The extreme pressure on our ambulance service in the last couple of weeks has been well documented, and it’s why we’ve taken the decision to re-enlist the military, who did a superb job of assisting us earlier in the year.
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SOLDIERS have been enlisted to support the ambulance service as it contends with a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 90 soldiers from across Wales will assist the Welsh Ambulance Service s Covid-19 effort by driving ambulance vehicles from Wednesday, November 23. Soldiers helping the service in North Wales are based in Bangor and Wrexham. Chief executive Jason Killens said: “The extreme pressure on our ambulance service in the last couple of weeks has been well documented, and it’s why we’ve taken the decision to re-enlist the military, who did a superb job of assisting us earlier in the year.