A LAW firm has been instructed to pursue legal action to secure a posthumous pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, ...

CLARE Andrea “Andy” Neilson was the son of Ruth Ellis – the last woman to be hanged in England.  His mother’s crime and ...

London law firm Mishcon de Reya is pursuing a posthumous pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK.

Decades later, the firm has been engaged by Ruth’s family to present new evidence and formally request a pardon from the ...

DESMOND Cussen is the former partner of Ruth Ellis – the nightclub manager who became the last woman to be hanged.  Ruth’s tragic story is dramatised in the ITV series A Cruel Love: The ...

JOHN Bickford was the lawyer who defended nightclub manager Ruth Ellis during her murder trial.  Ruth’s story was dramatised in the ITV series Ruth Ellis: A Cruel Love which follows John’s ...