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Ruth Ellis (née Neilson; 9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was a British nightclub hostess and convicted murderer who became the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom following the fatal shooting of her lover, David Blakely.
Mar 12, 2018 · On July 13, 1955, as the notice indicated, 28-year-old Ruth Ellis was hanged. Her execution led to a public discussion on whether execution as punishment was ethical for women, for anyone, or whether there should be various degrees of murder.
Follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged.
Jul 10, 2019 · In July 1955 Ruth Ellis, a mother of two, was hanged for murder, despite a huge public outcry, after shooting dead her abusive boyfriend. Lizzie Seal explains how the execution swung public opinion against the death penalty in Britain. Published: July 10, 2019 at 10:00 AM.
In 1955, at the age of 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK. Her death, coming after she shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub two months before, sparked a...
Nov 12, 2018 · Ruth Ellis: The model who smiled at her executioner. New exhibition explores the life of the last woman to be put to death in Britain. Ruth Ellis with her boyfriend David Blakely at the...
Jul 15, 2021 · Ruth Ellis was the last woman executed in the United Kingdom, and one of the last people executed for murder in Great Britain. Ruth Ellis shot David Blakely four times before "calmly" handing her gun to an off-duty police officer.
Feb 19, 2024 · On Easter Sunday in 1955, glamorous model, nightclub manager and mother-of-two Ruth Ellis fired six shots outside The Magdala pub in Hampstead, killing her abusive lover David Blakely, an upper class racing driver who wanted to end their relationship.
Mar 15, 2018 · Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, continues to inspire a morbid fascination in the public imagination. This week BBC4 launched a new three-part documentary series in which US...
Nov 13, 2009 · Nightclub owner Ruth Ellis is convicted of murdering boyfriend David Blakely on July 13, 1955. Ellis was later executed by hanging and became the last woman in Great Britain to be put...
