World Jul 08, 2026 · 1 min read

Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in UK, gets conditional posthumous pardon

Ruth Ellis was hanged at London's Holloway Prison in 1955 after being convicted of murdering her lover David Blakely.

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Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in UK, gets conditional posthumous pardon
Ruth Ellis was hanged at London's Holloway Prison in 1955 after being convicted of murdering her lover David Blakely.
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