The murder conviction of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in ... Ellis was hanged in 1955 after shooting dead her philandering lover, David Blakely, as he emerged from a pub in Hampstead ...

On July 13, 1955, a crowd of 500 people gathered outside Holloway Prison in support of Ruth Ellis on the day of her death.

While Ruth Ellis is remembered as the last woman to be hanged in Britain, her son Andy has been forgotten. Before he killed himself at the age of 37, he had long conversations with his mother's ...

Three controversial execution cases in the 1950s sparked protests by the general public and helped bring about the end of the death penalty. These included Ruth Ellis, who was hung for killing her ...