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.

Lucy Boynton is currently portraying Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, in ITV's A Cruel Love, the second episode of which aired this week. It is a story that aims to dig deeper into ...

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 ...

CECIL Havers was a former soldier and judge who oversaw the Ruth Ellis case, which ended in her execution.  He appears in the ...

ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story has been called a "hard" but important watch by fans.

The Ruth Ellis Story continued on ITV on Wednesday night as viewers watched Ruth's fate sealed in the courtroom.

Inspired by Carol Ann Lee's book, the series follows Ruth (played by Lucy Boynton) who was arrested and charged with the murder of David Blakely (Laurie Davidson) in 1955.

Ruth was found guilty of murder, and upon being asked if she had any final words before the sentence of death, she chose to remain silent, awaiting the judge's solemn pronouncement, reports The Mirror ...

The real-life story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain for killing her lover David Blakely in 1955 is gripping the ...

ITV's new drama, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, details the true story of Welsh-born criminal Ruth Ellis, the last woman ...