Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, has been given a conditional pardon, David Lammy has confirmed.
The nightclub hostess went to the gallows in July 1955, three months after shooting dead David Blakely at The Magdala Pub in Hampstead, north London.
Her family have been calling for a pardon, saying evidence that she was badly treated by her lover was never heard at her trial.
The King has accepted the government’s advice to grant Ms Ellis a conditional pardon, Mr Lammy told MPs.
Lucy Boynton portrayed Ms Ellis in the ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, which also starred Toby Jones, Toby Stephens, Juliet Stevenson, and Laurie Davidson as Ellis’s partner, David Blakely.
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