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Conditional pardon granted for Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in UK

BBC News UK 08 July 2026, 13:43 UTC 1h ago

Conditional pardon granted for Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in UK — BBC News

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

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