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

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8 July

King Charles granted a conditional posthumous pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in the UK in 1955.

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

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8 July

King Charles granted a conditional posthumous pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in the UK in 1955.