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- At her trial in June 1955, she was found guilty of premeditated murder and was sentenced to death; on 13 July she was hanged at HMP Holloway.
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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.
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.
- Rachel Dinning
Jul 7, 2005 · The last woman hanged in Britain was executed on 13 July 1955. Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 55 Issue 7 July 2005. Ruth Ellis was a London bar hostess and call girl, from Rhyl in North Wales originally, who took up with an ex-public schoolboy called David Blakely, a motor-racing enthusiast and, like her, a heavy drinker.
Jul 13, 2019 · After enduring relentless domestic violence and abuse at the hands of David Blakley, Ruth Ellis got herself a gun and shot her lover dead. She was immediately arrested by an off-duty policeman...
Mar 12, 2018 · Updated November 7, 2023. In 1955, Ruth Ellis was hanged for shooting her lover. Her execution sparked a public conversation that would ultimately lead to the abolishment of the death penalty. Ruth Ellis Special (1955) Watch on. On July 12, 1955, a notice posted on the gates of Holloway Prison in London read:
- Kara Goldfarb
Nov 12, 2018 · Mon Nov 12 2018 - 05:00. There’s much that marks out Ruth Ellis’ execution as a source of fascination, 63 years since it took place in Holloway Prison, London. History books will tell us that...
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...
