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Ruth Ellis star addresses "grave miscarriage of justice" in fate of UK's last hanged woman

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ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story tells the story of its real-life titular character, who in 1955 became the last woman to be hanged in the UK, after fatally shooting her abusive boyfriend, racing driver David Blakely. Lucy Boynton stars as Ellis, who for a long time has been seen as infamous, even being featured as a waxwork in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds in London, alongside Jack the Ripper, Dennis Nilsen and the Kray …

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Ruth Ellis star addresses "grave miscarriage of justice" in fate of UK's last hanged woman

ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story tells the story of its real-life titular character, who in 1955 became the last woman to be hanged in the UK, after fatally shooting her abusive boyfriend, racing driver David Blakely. Lucy Boynton stars as Ellis, who for a long time has been seen as infamous, even being featured as a waxwork in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds in London, alongside Jack the Ripper, Dennis Nilsen and the Kray …

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TV exec's 'shivers' handling gun used by notorious killer Ruth Ellis - last woman hanged in Britain

3 Min Read A pioneering female TV crime executive revealed how she still gets the ‘shivers’ after handling the gun used by Ruth Ellis – the last woman hanged in Britain. On the eve of the screening of the new ITV drama on Ellis, Sandy Kaye may be the only other woman in history to ever hold the notorious weapon. She recalled how she was shocked by the weight of the gun. Kaye was speaking ahead of this week’s highly anticipated TV series which st…

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