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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.
24 de mar. de 2018 · La galesa Ruth Ellis tenía 28 años cuando mató a David Blakely, de 25. "Seis disparos de revolver alteraron la calma del domingo de Pascua en Hampstead, mientras una bella rubia platino...
7 de jul. de 2005 · The last woman hanged in Britain was executed on 13 July 1955. Ruth Ellis. 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.
12 de mar. de 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.
10 de jul. de 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
27 de feb. de 2024 · Her death, coming after she shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub two months before, sparked a wave of public opprobrium and likely contributed to the outlawing of the death penalty a decade...
9 de may. de 2022 · Ruth Ellis had been sentenced to death, the presiding judge explaining how, in his ‘view, it was the only possible verdict.’ He could find no evidence ‘whatever’ that Ellis was ‘insane at the time’ of the crime, whilst ‘Jealousy was no defence under English law to the charge of murder.’
