The story of Ruth Ellis is a tragic one. Aged just 28, she was hanged for shooting her lover, David Blakely, dead in the street following months of abuse.
She also became the last woman to be hanged in the UK – and since then, her case has been a source of fascination for fans of true crime, especially given that many people (especially those at the time) felt that her sentence was a miscarriage of justice.
