Ruth Ellis: Last woman to be hanged in Britain finally granted pardon

Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, has been given a conditional pardon, David Lammy has confirmed.

Ellis shot her lover David Blakely dead outside The Magdala pub in Hampstead, northwest London, on 10 April 1955, after he subjected her to emotional and physical abuse – including a punch in the stomach that led to her miscarrying a pregnancy.