Tuesday 3rd of February 1903 (-) — Baby farm murderess Annie Walters is executed by hanging by William Billington
Walters was hanged together with Amelia Sach and they became the first women to be hanged at Holloway in what was the only double hanging of women to be carried out in modern times.
Tuesday 3rd of February 1903 (-) — Baby farm murderess Amelia Sach is executed by hanging by William Billington
Sach was hanged together with Annie Walters and they became the first women to be hanged at Holloway in what was the only double hanging of women to be carried out in modern times.
Tuesday 9th of January 1923 (-) — Murderess Edith Thompson is executed by hanging
On 3 October 1922 her lover Frederick Bywaters stabbed her husband Percy Thompson to death. When the gallows trapdoor opened and Thompson fell, the sudden impact of the noose caused her to suffer a massive haemorrhage. All women hanged in Britain after her were required to wear special knickers made of canvas which would prevent a recurrence of the massive bleeding suffered by Thompson.
Wednesday 15th of December 1954 (-) — Murderess Styllou Christofi is executed by hanging
Wednesday 13th of July 1955 (-) — Murderess Ruth Ellis is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her 25-year-old lover David Blakely on 10 April 1955.
Saturday 7th of May 1966 (x) — Serial killer Myra Hindley enters the first day of her two life sentences as prisoner 964055
For her safety Hindley was first kept in the hospital C Wing until it was deemed safe to move her to D Wing.
Sunday 10th of September 1972 (x) — Serial killer Myra Hindley is taken out for a one and a half hour walk on Hampstead Heath by Governer of the prison Dorothy Wing
Tuesday 25th of January 1977 (x) — Serial killer Myra Hindley is transferred to Durham Jail
Saturday 29th of January 1977 (x) — Serial killer Myra Hindley is moved to Durham Jail
