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Derek William Bentley (30 June 1933 – 28 January 1953) was a British man who was hanged for the murder of a policeman during a burglary attempt. Christopher Craig, then aged 16, a friend and accomplice of Bentley, was accused of the murder.
In 1953, Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of a policeman. This case was an important turning point in the campaign to abolish the death penalty.
Jan 30, 2020 · In 1953 Derek Bentley, aged 19, was convicted of the murder of PC Sidney Miles and sentenced to death. It is the most infamous example of the use of joint enterprise law. Bentley was found guilty despite neither possessing nor firing a gun and giving himself to the police without violence.
After deliberating for just 75 minutes, the jury found both Christopher Craig and Derek Bentley guilty of the murder of PC Miles. Bentley received a death sentence, while Craig, due to his age, was ordered to be detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure.
Teenager Derek Bentley has been executed at Wandsworth Prison in London for his part in the murder of Pc Sidney Miles. The 19-year-old was hanged at 0900 hours after last-minute...
Feb 9, 2023 · Bentley was the 19-year-old who was controversially sentenced to death after his 16-year-old friend, Chris Craig, shot PC Sidney Miles dead during an attempted burglary in Croydon. The service...
Nov 1, 2017 · Derek Bentley (1933–1953) was sentenced to death by hanging at the age of 19. • He was convicted as a party to murder, and he died in Wandsworth Prison in London. • He had epilepsy and a mental age of about 11, and he could neither read nor write. • In 1998, his case was finally quashed.
Derek Bentley was a 19-year-old man with the mental age of an 11-year-old boy – but that didn’t stop the British justice system from exacting its full retribution upon him for the November 1952 murder in Croydon of PC Sidney Miles.
Jul 31, 1998 · Britain's highest court overturns conviction of Derek Bentley, who was hanged at age of 19 in London in 1953 for murder of a police officer; court rules that trial judge had presented such a...
Execution of Derek Bentley. View full image. Letter from the Home Office to New Scotland Yard, 3rd February 1953 (MEPO 2/9481)
