Cardiff Taxi Driver Murder Review
1979 Murder Investigation Revisited Cardiff Taxi Driver John "Jack" Jackson Murdered South Wales police have decided to re-open a 1979 murder investigation into the killing of taxi-driver John "Jack" Jackson. Fifty-eight-year-old Mr Jackson's body was found some three days after his taxi was found abandoned in Treoses lane, Treoes, close to Waterton Industrial Estate, Bridgend, Cardiff on 5th October 1979. The inside of the cab was badly bloodstained, making it apparent to police that something untoward had happened to Jack. The cabbie's body was discovered three days later, some eleven miles away from where the taxi was abandoned. The area of Cowbridge Common was immediately sealed off and a thorough search made. Jack had suffered horrific head injuries which had ultimately led to his death. It seems that he was most likely killed for just a few pounds from his takings as a cab driver. The last customer that "Jack" picked up had called for a tax