Did class prejudice doom Ruth Ellis to hang?

When Ruth met David Blakely in the summer of 1953 she was 26 and he had just turned 24. Dark-haired and handsome, at just 5ft 9in he towered over Ruth, a mere 5ft 2in in stockinged heels.

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Did class prejudice doom Ruth Ellis to hang? The social divide David Blakely was happy to ignore in bed was insurmountable when it came to introducing Ruth to his family... and this is how it led to their bloody fates

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