The murder conviction of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, is expected to be quashed before the end of the year. Lawyers for the nightclub hostess's family are confident that an ...

While Ruth Ellis is remembered as the last woman to be hanged in Britain, her son Andy has been forgotten. Before he killed himself at the age of 37, he had long conversations with his mother's ...

Seconds later, she became the last woman to be sentenced to death in the UK. Having hung over 430 people, her death is said to have haunted Pierrepoint. When the Ruth Ellis case was reopened by ...