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‘An intolerable anachronism’: it’s 60 years since the last hanging took place in Bristol

The Bristol Cable
“Stand up, son,” said hangman Harry Allen to Russell Pascoe, as he entered the condemned cell in Horfield Prison, just before 8am on Tuesday...
9 months ago

These Cornwall men were among the last to be hanged in UK after brutal £4 murder

Cornwall Live
Dennis Whitty, left, and Russell Pascoe, right, were sentenced to hang by the neck until dead for a murder which took place in Cornwall.
68 months ago

The last man to be hanged in Hampshire who committed a gruesome murder over £4

Surrey Live
Dennis John Whitty was born in 1941 and was 22 years of age when he committed his fatal crime, alongside fellow wrong-doer Russell Pascoe.
35 months ago

7 photographs from the recesses of Bristol’s lost prisons where executions were held and prisoners whipped

BristolWorld
Cramped conditions, routine whippings and executions held during some of your lifetimes - take a deepdive into the past of Bristol's prison...
20 months ago

Hanged in Bristol: The last killers to face the rope

Bristol Live
The ultimate penalty for taking a life, which was originally carried out in public, was imposed in the city until 1963.
43 months ago

Look back in time: Murdered farmer had been 'dead' for 39 years

Falmouth Packet
William Garfield Rowe, 64, died officially when he was stabbed to death in the doorway of his isolated cottage at Nanjarrow Farm on August 14, 1963.
133 months ago

There were times I'd hold officers back and let the prisoners just get on with it

Chronicle Live
Bob Douglas remembers the period of his life which eventually paved the way for him to become an author. It was late 1963 in the cell of a...
234 months ago

One of the last people hanged in Britain was executed at Bristol Prison in Horfield

Bristol Live
Russell Pascoe had murdered a reclusive farmer believing he had a fortune hidden at his isolated home.
85 months ago

Some of Cornwall's most infamous criminals included Bodmin Moor killer

Cornwall Live
Many Cornish men and women were executed at Bodmin Jail for committing their grisly crimes. From murdering mums to wicked thieves who killed...
31 months ago