Impiccata nel 1955 per l'uccisione del suo partner, oggi sarebbe stata considerata vittima di violenza domestica. La sua esecuzione suscitò l'indignazione popolare e contribuì a orientare l’opinione pubblica contro la pena di morte #EuropeNews

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…