LONDON (AP) — The last woman to be executed in Britain, for gunning down her abusive lover outside a London pub more than 70 years ago, has been posthumously granted

Ellis, a nightclub hostess, was executed in 1955 for murdering her lover, David Blakely. Her grandchildren campaigned for a pardon on the basis that she was the victim of abuse.

Elli's grandchildren had called for a posthumous pardon for their grandmother, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955 after being found guilty of murdering her lover David…