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Ruth Ellis: the last woman to be hanged in Britain

Gillian Pachter explores the controversial case of a British woman who was hanged for murder in 1955

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Ahead of her new BBC Four series The Ruth Ellis Files, Gillian Pachter explores the controversial case of a British woman who was hanged for murder in 1955

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