DESCRIPTION:
In a school in Pontypridd, Wales, Christopher May sat peacefully playing a piano — oblivious to the firefighters around him. He continued to play as the flames circled, flames from the fire he had started. The arson was just one in a string of offences, this former butcher, would commit before being arrested for murder.
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MUSIC:
Please wake up by Meydän
Away by Meydän
Elk by Meydän
Ebow Song by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Slow Moving Waves by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Disconnect by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Story by Meydän
Rain by Meydän
Hearth by Rest You Sleeping Giant
For Who to Fail by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Open Eyes by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Closer to the Sun by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Chalet by Meydän
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REFERENCES:
BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-32466007/tracey-woodford-s-murder-in-pontypridd-harrowing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-32461106
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-32475367/pontypridd-murder-victim-was-a-lovely-girl
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-32479072/tracey-woodford-murder-suspect-christopher-may-in-court
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-32461826
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-32492796
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-32737190
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-33818889
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34776970
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-34782340/tracey-woodford-murder-trial-body-parts-found-in-bath-court-told
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34788319
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34797749
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34810350
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34835639
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34847182
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34855610
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-34860336/tracey-woodford-murder-drain-where-severed-head-displayed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34871578
GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/26/tracey-woodford-family-tribute-selfless-pontypridd-victim
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/10/tracey-woodford-strangled-pub-court-pontypridd
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/11/suspect-hid-womans-head-in-a-tunnel-court-hears
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/18/christopher-may-former-butcher-found-guilty-murdering-dismembering-woman
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/20/former-butcher-jailed-decapitating--dismembering-tracey-woodford
LAW PAGES
https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Christopher-Nigel-May-16470-1.law
WALES ONLINE
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gallery/pontypridd-police-search-pictures-9115290
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/first-picture-pontypridd-murder-victim-9116278
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/gallery/tracey-woodford-identified-victim-pontypridd-9117411
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pontypridd-murder-latest-police-press-9117534
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/pontypridd-murder-latest-man-charged-9123864
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pontypridd-murder-probe-family-release-9122670
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pontypridd-murder-probe-latest-accused-9125700
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pontypridd-murder-accused-christopher-appears-9134529
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/inquest-opens-death-pontypridd-murder-9256240
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/christopher-nathan-denies-murder-47-9809987
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/trial-begin-man-accused-murdering-10416807
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dismembered-body-woman-found-behind-10423239
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/murder-accuseds-bathroom-like-horror-10425194
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/blood-stained-stanley-knife-scissors-10435631
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dismemberment-murder-accused-went-work-10441202
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/former-butcher-accused-murdering-dismembering-10453440
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/steakhouse-worker-accused-strangling-dismembering-10458535
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pontypridd-dismemberment-murder-evening-town-10462999
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/we-see-devastation-each-others-10464536
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/first-images-inside-christopher-mays-10465178
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cctv-shows-last-moment-dismemberment-10465502
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/a-bit-joker-nice-bloke-10465609
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cold-blooded-murderer-christopher-killed-10465732
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/former-butcher-accused-murdering-dismembering-10449167
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dismembered-body-woman-found-behind-10419742
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tracey-woodfords-mother-tells-sentencing-10466788
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/christopher-found-guilty-murdering-dismembering-10460393
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dismemberment-murder-accused-went-work-10438118
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tracey-woodfords-mother-describes-moment-10470614
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-updates-trial-former-butcher-10454939
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/blood-stained-stanley-knife-scissors-10431402
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cruel-callous-killer-christopher-jailed-10476277
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pontypridd-dismemberment-murder-victim-tracey-10474024
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-updates-cruel-callous-determined-10473656
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ex-drinking-companions-reveal-bizarre-10480676
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/future-horror-flat-christopher-butchered-10480715
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/murder-mutilation-vulnerable-woman-left-15200133
TELEGRAPH
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11563179/Pontypridd-murder-victim-was-dismembered-police-reveal.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11564704/Man-charged-in-connection-with-Pontypridd-murder.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11989177/Ex-butcher-beheaded-woman-before-hiding-her-head-as-souvenir-court-hears.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12003618/Tracey-Woodford-murder-Christopher-May-50-guilty-of-dismembering-woman-in-flat.html
INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tracey-woodford-murder-case-man-charged-with-murder-after-dismembered-remains-found-in-flat-10205749.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/home-news/tracey-woodford-murder-former-butcher-displayed-victims-head-in-tunnel-a6730181.html
ITV
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/update-pontypridd-murder-investigation/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/murder-investigation-after-body-found-in-flat/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/police-confirm-they-are-dealing-with-an-incident/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/rugby-club-tells-members-no-access-to-site/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/drivers-urged-to-avoid-pontypridd-town-centre/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/police-now-close-road-under-railway-station/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/police-cordons-in-place-around-pontypridd-rugby-club/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-24/road-closed-near-pontypridd-rugby-club-say-residents/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-04-24/pontypridd-cordon-could-be-in-place-until-next-week/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-25/police-confirm-body-found-is-missing-woman/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-25/pontypridd-murder-victim-named/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-25/vicar-thoughts-and-prayers-are-with-family/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-04-25/police-appeal-to-public-after-body-of-dismembered-woman-identified/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-26/traceys-family-say-she-was-kind-hearted-and-selfless/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-26/man-50-charged-with-murder/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2015-04-27/man-charged-with-murder-in-pontypridd/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2015-04-27/family-tribute-to-woman-found-dismembered-in-pontypridd/?page=3
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2015-04-27/family-tribute-to-woman-found-dismembered-in-pontypridd/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-27/man-appears-in-court-charged-with-pontypridd-murder/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-04-28/pontypridd-warehouse-worker-set-for-murder-trail/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-10/trial-begins-of-man-accused-of-dismembering-woman-he-met-at-a-bar/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-11/womans-head-found-in-underground-tunnel/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-12/tracey-woodford-injuries-suggest-signs-of-struggle-court-hears/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-13/former-butcher-made-creepy-remarks-torwards-barmaid-court-hears/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-17/closing-speeches-made-in-murder-trial-of-pontypridd-woman/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2015-11-18/man-found-guilty-of-brutal-murder-of-pontypridd-woman/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2015-11-18/man-found-guilty-of-brutal-murder-of-pontypridd-woman/?page=3
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-11-18/cctv-shows-last-hours-of-tracey-woodfords-life/
https://www.itv.com/news/2015-11-18/man-found-guilty-of-tracey-woodford-murder/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2015-11-18/man-found-guilty-of-brutal-murder-of-pontypridd-woman/?page=2
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-18/family-of-woman-brutally-murdered-call-killer-a-monster/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2015-11-18/man-found-guilty-of-murdering-pontypridd-woman/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-18/judge-describes-murder-as-harrowing-and-disturbing/
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-11-20/butcher-who-dismembered-woman-het-met-in-pub-jailed-for-life/
https://www.itv.com/news/2015-11-20/former-butcher-sentenced-to-life-behind-bars-for-murder-and-dismemberment-of-woman/
SOUTH WALES ARGUS
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/national/12913832.missing-woman-was-dismembered/
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/national/12914440.man-charged-over-womans-murder/
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/12914440.man-charged-over-womans-murder/
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/national/12914747.man-faces-court-over-womans-murder/
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/national/14040143.family-haunted-by-pontypridd-womans-gruesome-murder/
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/national/14092183.ex-butcher-to-be-jailed-for-decapitating-and-dismembering-woman/
THE ARGUS
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/12913832.missing-woman-was-dismembered/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/14040143.family-haunted-by-pontypridd-womans-gruesome-murder/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14092183.Ex-butcher_to_be_jailed_for_decapitating_and_dismembering_woman/
SKY
https://news.sky.com/video/missing-tracey-woodfords-dismembered-body-found-in-flat-10362048
https://news.sky.com/story/womans-dismembered-body-found-in-flat-10362075
https://news.sky.com/video/tracey-woodford-was-a-gentle-person-who-would-not-hurt-anyone-10361925
https://news.sky.com/story/man-in-court-over-womans-dismembered-body-10361950
https://news.sky.com/story/ex-butcher-displayed-victims-head-in-tunnel-10339970
https://news.sky.com/story/ex-butcher-guilty-of-dismembering-woman-10339062
BOOK
‘Dark Valleys: Foul Deeds Among the South Wales Valleys 1845 - 2016’ By Gary Dobbs
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