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In 1955 Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged in Britain for the murder of her lover. In this investigative three-part series film-maker Gillian Pachter re-examines the case.
The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story: With Gillian Pachter, Scooter Crick, Emma Miranda Moore, David Emmings. In 1955 Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged in Britain for the murder of her lover. In this investigative three-part series film-maker Gillian Pachter re-examines the case.
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- 2018-03-13
- Documentary, Crime, Drama
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15. März 2018 · In April 1955 Ruth Ellis shot her lover David Blakely dead. It's a case that shocked the nation and it still fascinates today. It has its place in ushering in the defence of diminished...
14. März 2018 · The day before her execution, Ruth fires her lawyer John Bickford, hires another and tells a very different story about the day of the murder. Release date: 14 March 2018
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For the last woman to be hanged in Britain, there was in 1955, as there is today, no doubt that it was she who pumped four bullets into the body of her lover, David Blakely, a 29-year old...
- Sean O'grady
In this first episode, Gillian takes a forensic look at the police investigation and discovers worrying assumptions and problematic omissions. There is also a key witness who was never questioned by the police - Ruth's 10-year-old son Andre, who took his own life in the 1980s.
Over three nights, The Ruth Ellis Files aimed to do better in telling the story, hoping to crack this hard-boiled facade and find out exactly how and why the justice system failed her.
