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Conditional pardon granted for Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in UK
Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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The GuardianRuth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardontheguardian.comEllis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David Blakely UK politics live – latest updates Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, has been granted a conditional pardon in light of evidence that she was a victim of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour. Ellis was executed in 1955, aged 28, after she shot and killed her partner, David Blakely, whom she met two years earlier while working in the nightclub she managed. Continue reading...
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