The Talbot Green Attack: Alexander Dighton’s War on Police
In this gripping episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson examines the shocking 2025 attack on Talbot Green Police Station in South Wales. On January 31, 28-year-old Alexander Dighton arrived armed with Molotov cocktails, a knife, hatchet, and a spiked wooden pole. He set a police van ablaze, smashed vehicles, and violently assaulted officers—stabbing one in the leg and knocking another unconscious—before his arrest.
Driven by anti-government, anti-immigrant ideology, Dighton’s meticulously planned assault was deemed terrorism-related. He pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including…
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