Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, will receive a conditional pardon in recognition of a "profound injustice", Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced in parliament on Wednesday (UK time).

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…