In 1955, Ruth Ellis was hanged for murder at the age of ... or at least a stay of execution, which he refused. Ruth was sentenced to hanging and remained at Holloway Prison while awaiting execution.

Ruth Ellis is remembered as the last woman to be hanged in the ... who spoke out in favour of Ellis but ultimately had to go with the jury's decision. Her execution led to diminished responsibility as ...

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story followed the gripping real-life case ... up so much that he was still trying to follow up about Cussens 20 years after Ellis's execution. In 1973 Bickford, by then ...

Thoughts on the case: ‘The case of Ruth Ellis is harrowing ... was instructed by Ruth shortly before her execution to try to seek a reprieve. This ultimately failed. It is a privilege to ...

Various methods of execution used in countries - including ... The last woman to be executed was Ruth Ellis, a peroxide-blonde club hostess with film-star looks, who shot dead her posh racing ...

That’s the question behind A Cruel Love, BritBox’s excellent true-crime drama that explores Ruth’s motivations behind David’s murder, the subsequent trial that dominated the tabloid press and her ...

Musician and poet Elizabeth Love plays Ruth Ellis at the Hampstead venue ... the anniversary of Ellis’s execution at Holloway Prison. Anyone with a theatrical or musical background is being ...

The execution that followed occurred in 1955 ... Elizabeth Love, a musician and poet, will take on the challenging role of Ruth Ellis, bringing to life her complex emotions and tragic circumstances.