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Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon
UK NewsPolitics•July 8, 2026 at 1:56 PMNational

Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Ellis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David BlakelyUK politics live – latest updatesRuth 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...

Ellis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David Blakely

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.

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