The grandchildren of the last woman to be executed in Britain called for Ruth Ellis to be pardoned, 70 years after she was sent to trial for murdering their “lawyer” on Wednesday.
Ellis, a 28-year-old pilgrim from Pombile, was hanged in July 1955 for shooting dead racing driver David Blakely as he left the Magdala Pub in London three days earlier.
The case was twisted in Britain and turned into a 1985 film dance with the alien “starring Miranda Miranda and Rupert Everett. We also inspired this year’s miniseries “Cruel Love: The Story of Ruth Ellis.”
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Four of Ellis’ four grandchildren have formally applied to Justice Minister David Lammy for the pardon post.
The petition highlights the “repeated and long-lasting, emotional abuse Ellis suffered” at the hands of the extraordinary, legal mischon de reya, who represents the family, the statement said.
Such abuse was poorly understood at the time, but there could be a case of manslaughter, Firm said.
“We are determined to do what we can to make amends for this historic tragedy and honor not only Ruth but all the victims of domestic abuse who have fallen through the criminal justice system,” her granddaughter Laura Enston said in a statement.
Georgina Enston’s mother was only three years old when Ellis was hanged in a London jail after the trial took just 20 minutes to convict him.
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Enston said her grandmother could have been considered a victim of Flatter Firm Syndrome and was treated differently by the justice system.
“At that time there was no desire to give Ruth a proper chance and now we say that now we see that it is being played socially,” he said.
The glamorous mother-of-two from the back modestly showed emotion during her trial.
“He played off that kind of cold-blooded killer that he’s portrayed to be, but knowing what we know now about the opposite of hot-tempered abuse,” Renton said.
The trauma included an incident 10 days before the murder when Ellis had a miscarriage after a miscarriage, the child’s father, stabbed her in the stomach.
James Libson of Mischon de Reya, said Ellis “suffered a lot” at the hands of her “abusive, violent” partner.
Alex Bailin, who also represents the Ellis family, said in a statement: “I am delighted that, 70 years after Ruth was hanged, there is now a better understanding of domestic violence and the emotional and behavioral processes of victims.”
“While there is no dispute that Ruth Ellis killed David in a dramatic manner, the weight of evidence of her vulnerability makes it difficult to believe that she was never killed,” the statement said.
Ellis’ hanging sparked a public outcry and helped spur public opinion against the death penalty.
After some murders and other arguments and a series of bad justice cases, the killings were put to an end in 1969.
Two years after Ellis’ murder, the law was changed and the defense of diminished responsibility was allowed.
An appeals court in 2003 upheld Ellis’ conviction after the family overturned an earlier attempt to clear his name.
Unlike court appeals, they are waived on the grounds of a wide range of factors that could lead to wrongdoing.
Enston, whose mother sat him down to watch the film about Ellis when he was seven, said it had a “devastating” effect on the family.
His mother and uncle recovered completely and the grandchildren felt the “ripple effects.”
She said they are determined to correct the narrative on this cause and their grandmother – but also the thousands of women who endure domestic violence every day and are ‘undermined by the criminal justice system.’
His family spent decades fighting for his return, BBC News reported.
“He’s a killer but he didn’t deserve to be taken from this world the way he was,” said grandson Stephen Beard.
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