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The final executions at Wandsworth were those of Francis Forsyth on 10 November 1960, Victor John Terry on 25 May 1961 and Henryk Niemasz on 8 September 1961 (Forsyth was one of just four 18-year-olds executed in a British prison in the twentieth century).
Gordon Cummins, the "Blackout Ripper": Executed at Wandsworth Prison on 25 June 1942. August Sangret, the "Wigwam Murderer": Also executed at Wandsworth Prison on 29 April 1943. [3] Charlie Kerins, Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army, for the murder of Garda Síochána policeman Dennis O'Brien. Hanged on 1 December 1944 in Mountjoy ...
In December 1941 he executed the German spy Karel Richter at Wandsworth Prison. When Pierrepoint entered the condemned man's cell for the hanging, Richter stood up, threw aside one of the guards and charged headfirst at the stone wall. Stunned momentarily, he rose and shook his head.
Francis Robert George Henry James 'Flossie’ Forsyth was a British criminal who, at 18 years old, became one of the youngest persons to be executed in Britain in the 20th century. He was hanged on 10 November 1960 at Wandsworth Prison for the murder of Allan Edward John Jee.
Gordon Cummins was executed by Albert Pierrepoint at Wandsworth Prison on 25 June 1942. Contemporary news reports indicate Cummins was given a glass of brandy to calm his nerves. He then walked stoically to the scaffold, flanked by two warders, without offering any resistance. The entire execution process lasted less than two minutes. [116]
Mahon was executed within the grounds of this prison on 3 September 1924. Mahon was hanged for Kaye's murder in Wandsworth Prison, London, on 3 September 1924. [ 140 ] [ 160 ] He protested his innocence to the end, and is known to have embarked upon a hunger strike following his conviction, [ 161 ] also writing several letters, leaving ...
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Podola was hanged at Wandsworth Prison at 9:45 a.m. on 5 November 1959. [5] He was buried in the prison graveyard (grave 59). [3] His execution took place five years before the last execution of any criminal and six years before the suspension and later abolition of the death penalty. [3]