Chronology of key events

January 1999	Mandy Power and Alison Lewis split up for two weeks because of the former’s jealousy about Lewis’ relationship with other lesbians.
14 February 1999	Howard Florence sends flowers to Mandy Power. Mandy Power makes numerous telephone calls to Dai Morris.
Early June 1999	Mandy Power is seen with a mystery woman in the Farmers Arms pub, discussing ‘a problem relationship’. The woman was never traced.
25 June 1999	Mandy Jewell leaves work at the bakery early. In the mid-morning Dai Morris bumps into Mandy Power in Clydach village and goes with her to her home at 9 Kelvin Road, where they have sex. Morris leaves his broken gold neck-chain in Mandy Power’s kitchen, and travels to his parents’ house by bus. Alison and Stephen Lewis entertain Mandy Power at their home for a barbeque. Mandy Power’s daughters, Katie and Emily, stay with their father, Michael, overnight in Pontardawe.
Saturday 26 June 1999	The hours leading up to the murders.
Early Morning	Alison Lewis has sex with Mandy Power – for the last time she claims. She then drops Mandy off at her home where she also claims to have taken a bath before going on to a gym for a workout. Howard Florence telephones Mandy Power.
5.00 p.m.	Mandy Power and her two daughters are collected by taxi from 9 Kelvin Road and are driven to the home of her nephew, Stephen Jones, to babysit for him and his wife who are attending a wedding anniversary party.
10.00 p.m.	Barbeque at 8 West Crossways, hosted by Alison and Stephen Lewis for their neighbours, ends unexpectedly when Alison, who had fallen asleep, wakes up and announces that she is going to bed.
Saturday night 26 June/Sunday morning 27 June 1999	The night of the murders.
Sometime after midnight on Saturday 26 June	Detective Inspector Stuart Lewis absents himself from his office in Cockett Police Station for three hours. His police car also goes missing. Alison Lewis’ car is seen outside 9 Kelvin Road by a Cefn Coed Hospital staff member.
12.30 p.m.	Taxi driver Kevin Duffy drops Mandy Power and her daughters at 9 Kelvin Road and sees her open the front door using a key.
12.45 p.m.	Rosemary Jones and her son Wayne Jones hear a car pull up outside 9 Kelvin Road. Someone gets out and lets themself into the house while the car drives off. They see the shape of a figure behind frosted glass and the lights going on and off.
2.20 p.m.	Returning from a night out in Cardiff, Nicola Williams sees a man carrying a bag and wearing what appears to be a police jacket walking in the direction of Kelvin Road. Her description fits Stephen Lewis, but the e-fit image composed with her help by police technicians looks more like Stuart Lewis.
	Bedroom fires are started at 9 Kelvin Road.
3.00 a.m.	Stuart Lewis returns to Cockett Police Station. Later, he denies that he ever left.
3.50 a.m.	Kitchen fire started at 9 Kelvin Road.
4.20 a.m.	Neighbour Robert Wachowski hears banging noises and sees smoke. Another neighbour calls the fire services.
4.27 a.m.	Fire Service HQ in Carmarthen receives the first 999 call reporting a fire in 9 Kelvin Road.
5.00 a.m.	Stephen Lewis is woken by his alarm and gets up for work.
5.18 a.m.	Stephen Lewis is picked up by Police Constable Gareth Thomas and is driven to work in Neath.
6.00 a.m.	Timothy Manon watches from his house in Kelvin Road as Alison Lewis approaches his wife and buries her head in her shoulder.
	Manon Cherry meets Alison Lewis in Kelvin Road and notes that she is freshly showered and smelling of soap.
	The owners of Clydach Cabs hear the news about the fire at 9 Kelvin Road. Because they are unable to contact Carol Ann Isaac and Beverley Lewis by telephone, they drive to Morriston to tell them personally.
	Carol Ann Isaac and Beverley Lewis are woken at their home in Morriston and told about the fire. They drive immediately to Kelvin Road.
	First news of the murders is received at Cockett Police Station. Fifty officers are assigned to the case and detectives leave for Kelvin Road. Alison Lewis claims that this is the first time she learned about the deaths, by telephone.
6.30 a.m.	Carol Ann Isaac and Beverley Lewis arrive at Kelvin Road. There is just one police constable on duty. They meet Alison Lewis in the home of a neighbour, Christine Williams, and console Lewis. Both women note Lewis as being freshly showered and smelling strongly of soap.
7.00 a.m.	Police surgeon Carl Harry arrives at 9 Kelvin Road and pronounces all four victims dead. Dai Morris and Mandy Jewell hear about the murders in a telephone call from Alison Lewis.
7.15 a.m.	Gary Beynon, a gay friend of both Mandy Power and Alison Lewis, receives a telephone call from Alison Lewis telling him that Mandy and her family have died in a fire.
7.30 a.m.	Gary Beynon drives to Alison Lewis’ home in Pontardawe via Kelvin Road. He describes Alison’s appearance as fresh, as if she had recently showered or washed.
Noon	Nicola Williams reports to the police her sighting of a mystery man with a bag walking near the scene of the murders.
28 June 1999	Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans holds a press conference at Cockett Police Station.
30 June 1999	Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans makes a media appeal for information. No mention is made of the man Nicola Williams saw walking near the murder scene at the time of the murders.
1 July 1999	Twenty members of the victims’ family are escorted by police around the murder scene at 9 Kelvin Road.
2 July 1999	Earlier media appeal results in around 500 telephone calls being received. Several callers mention Dai Morris.
3 July 1999	Detectives working round the clock have taken 130 witness statements and spoken to 200 people.
7 July 1999	Alison Lewis is admitted to Cefn Coed psychiatric hospital. She is observed receiving sexually explicit texts from an old girlfriend. She is also aggressive, necessitating the use of restraining measures by eight members of staff.
	Nicola Williams helps police technicians to compose an e-fit image which closely resembles identical twins Stephen Lewis and Stuart Lewis.
13 July 1999	Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans appears on BBC Crimewatch and appeals for information. While on the television programme, he does not show the e-fit image produced by Nicola Williams.
17 July 1999	The longest forensic investigation at a murder scene in Wales ends. In addition, 1,000 people are interviewed, 280 witness statements taken, 300 messages received. Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans receives ‘negative’ forensic report, giving rise to the theory that the murderer was ‘forensically aware’.
21 July 1999	Alison Lewis leaves Cefn Coed Hospital.
30 July 1999	Funeral for the four victims takes place in Clydach, with the Reverend Nigel Griffen officiating. Burial takes place at Coedgwilym Cemetery, Clydach.
7 September 1999	BBC Crimewatch records a full reconstruction of the crime, including fire engines and police cars rushing to the scene.
14 September 1999	The BBC Crimewatch reconstruction is broadcast on television. Detective Super-intendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans appeals for help but still does not reveal Nicola Williams’ e-fit image of the man she saw.
1 October 1999	Gary Beynon sees Alison Lewis and a former girlfriend in a close embrace dancing in a Swansea nightclub. When she sees him, Lewis’ demeanour changes in an instant to one of grief.
20 February 2000	Anne Powell, mother of Alison Lewis, pleads for her daughter to be left alone, as rumours about her continue to circulate.
11 March 2000	Dylan Thomas Theatre in Swansea is booked as a venue to give transparency to the police investigation. The event is presented by journalist Vincent Kane, Nick Ross presenter of Crimewatch, and criminal psychologist Adrian ‘Cracker’ West.
25 March 2000	DNA testing commences and samples are taken from people with access to 9 Kelvin Road.
11 May 2000	Headstone is placed on the victims’ grave in Coedgwilym Cemetery.
25 May 2000	Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans addresses Clydach villagers, assuring them the hunt for the killer is almost com-plete. A total of fifty-eight police officers are now working full-time on the case.
Mid-June 2000	Police release an e-fit image of a woman they want to interview. She does not come forward, nor is she ever traced. No mention is made of the e-fit image composed by police technicians with the help of Nicola Williams.
21 June 2000	A news conference is held at Cockett Police Station. Robert Dawson speaks of his disappointment at the lack of arrests.
23 June 2000	9 Kevin Road is sold for £7,000.
27 June 2000	One year after the murders a mobile incident room is set up in Kelvin Road. Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans assures villagers that they can expect results.
4 July 2000	Alison Lewis, Stephen Lewis and Stuart Lewis are arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murders. An angry mob of 150 people surrounds Morriston Police Station, where it is believed that Alison Lewis is being held.
8 July 2000	The Lewises are released on bail after four days in police custody.
31 July 2000	Police Chief Sir Anthony Burden publicly expresses his confidence in and support for the investigation.
9 September 2000	Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans flies to Quantico in Virginia where he meets with offender profiling experts and learns ‘valuable lessons’.
7 October 2000	The Lewises’ police bail is extended until December.
12 December 2000	The Lewises’ police bail is extended until January 2001.
10 January 2001	Police announce that they are close to discovering the origins of the gold neck-chain.
23 January 2001	The Lewises will not be charged with involvement in the murders, but the Lewis twins remain suspended from duty.
8 February 2001	Alison Lewis admits on HTV Wales that she knew personally several police officers involved in the investigation and had worked with Detective Superinten-dent Martin Lloyd-Evans at Llanishen, Cardiff.
9 February 2001	Telephone calls flood into HTV Wales offices demanding a public inquiry.
19 February 2001	Off-duty policewoman Deborah Powell receives key information from Kim Crowley concerning Dai Morris.
Mid-March 2001	David Hutchinson launches civil claims for the Lewis twins.
20 March 2001	Police arrest Dai Morris on suspicion of the Clydach murders and take him to Morriston Police Station for questioning. David Hutchinson is instructed to represent Dai Morris. Mandy Jewell is arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and is taken to Neath Police Station. Shirley Morris, Dai Morris’ elderly mother, is taken into police custody in Swansea where she is held for 11 hours helping the police with their enquiries.
21 March 2001	Police are given a further 12 hours to continue questioning Morris.
22 March 2001	Police descend on a property used by Dai Morris at Arennig Road in Swansea, which is searched for evidence. Nothing is found.
23 March 2001	Dai Morris is formally charged with the Clydach murders.
24 March 2001	Dai Morris is committed for trial at the Crown Court in Swansea by Mr Howard Morgan JP.
5 November 2001	Dai Morris enters a formal plea of not guilty to the charges at Swansea Crown Court.
8 April 2002	The trial is delayed by two days because of the Queen Mother’s funeral.
10 April 2002	Morris’ trial commences at Swansea Crown Court, with Patrick Harrington QC for the prosecution and Peter Rouch QC for the defence.
28 June 2002	Morris is found guilty on four counts of murder and is awarded four life sentences.
1 July 2002	Wendy Morris launches a petition to clear her former husband’s name.
December 2002	Michael Mansfield QC is hired by the Morris family to represent Dai Morris in an appeal.
November 2003	BBC Panorama investigation discovers similarities between the case of Dai Morris and other miscarriages of justice. The programme is highly critical of South Wales Police.
October 2004	Three Appeal Court judges sitting at Cardiff give Morris leave to appeal.
14 February 2005	Appeal hearing takes place at the Court of Appeal in Cardiff, with Michael Mansfield QC representing Dai Morris.
4 May 2005	Morris’ convictions are quashed and a new trial is ordered.
18 May 2006	Retrial commences in Newport Crown Court, with Patrick Harrington QC for the prosecution and Gareth Rees QC for the defence.
17 August 2006	The jury returns a guilty verdict in the second trial and Dai Morris is convicted of the murders for a second time and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a recommendation that he serve at least 30 years.
11 July 2007	Morris loses a bid to challenge his convictions, but his whole-life sentence is quashed, replaced by an order that he serve a minimum period of 32 years before he can apply for release on parole.
14 November 2014	Morris’ case is referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) where it is given Priority 1 (urgent) status.
30 June 2017	Provisional decision taken not to refer case to Court Appeal. The deadline for the submission of a response is the end of August 2017.
04 August 2017	Case to continue...