Graffiti calling for the freedom of a man jailed for one of south Wales’ most notorious multiple murders has appeared on walls in Swansea.
The ‘Free Dai Morris’ graffiti has been painted onto walls in the city centre, although at least one has already been covered over.
The slogan refers to David Morris, who was given four life sentences in 2002, following the brutal murder of Mandy Power, 34, her daughters Katie, 10, and Emily, eight, and their disabled 80-year-old grandmother Doris Dawson, at their home in Kelvin Road, Clydach .
After a jury found him guilty of using a heavy pole to beat the family to death, a judge said Morris, aged 52 at the time, of Craigcefnparc in Swansea, should never be released.
The case shocked the nation, and Morris was labelled “probably one of the most dangerous people in the United Kingdom” by the prosecution.
Morris has always protested his innocence, although he has failed in all his attempts to get the verdicts overturned.
Two years ago, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) told Morris his case wasn’t currently considered appropriate for appeal, despite years of lobbying by his family.
The same year, retired Swansea solicitor, John Morris, published a book about the case - The Clydach Murders - which claimed Dai Morris was not the murderer and could not have killed the four, because of what he claimed was a lack of evidence linking him to the scene.
