Tag: Pierrepoint

• Leroy Henry, Shepton Mallet and the curious case of George Edward Smith.

  

  A few days ago Channel 5 screened another episode of Hidden History of Britain. Presented by former politician Michael Portillo, the episode covered Shepton Mallet Prison and the case of Leroy Henry. Shepton Mallet should be familiar to readers of Crimescribe, as should Leroy Henry who I’ve previously covered. You can watch it here. I…

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  May 8, 2018

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• On This Day in 1934; The last British hanging witnessed by a journalist.

  

  When Frederick Parker and Albert Probert mounted the gallows at Wandsworth Prison, they died never knowing they’d taken a singular place in Britain’s chronicles of crime. Theirs would be last execution in British prison to be witnessed by a gentleman (or lady) of the press. Until the Capital Punishment (Amendment) Act of 1868 executions were…

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  May 4, 2018

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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