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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Chris Riches & Ruth Halkon

Son of last man hanged in Britain calls for death penalty to be brought back

The son of the last man executed in Britain has called for the death penalty to be brought back in Britain.

Mark Price was three years old when his father Peter Allen, 21, and accomplice Gwynne Evans, 26, were hanged in August 1964 for murdering John West.

The youngster was in the getaway car with his killer father when he battered and then stabbed the van driver when he refused to give him money.

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