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Derek William Bentley (30 June 1933 – 28 January 1953) was a British man who was hanged for the murder of a policeman during a burglary. Christopher Craig, then ...
Let Him Have It is a 1991 British drama film directed by Peter Medak and starring Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay and Tom Bell.The film is based on the true story of Derek Bentley, [2] who was convicted of the murder of a police officer by joint enterprise and was hanged in 1953 under controversial circumstances.
Bentley was born on November 20, 1975, [2] in Phoenix, Arizona, as the son of Leon Fife Bentley (August 16, 1923 – June 1, 2012), a bank vice president, and Catherine Childs. His father was born in Glasgow, Missouri , to Richard Thomas Bentley Jr. and Mary Cecile ( née Fife) Bentley, and was a First Lieutenant in World War II .
Related: Fans Relate to Dierks Bentley's Video Teaching His Daughter to Drive Appearing on the podcast "Taste of Country Nights," Bentley was asked about the rumors surrounding a possible upcoming ...
Derek Bentley: 1933–1953 Hanged, aged 19, for a crime his partner committed, Bentley had epilepsy and a mental age of 11. ... [176] and in the change in personality ...
Derek Bentley, English man hanged for aiding the murder of a police officer during an attempted robbery (28 January 1953) Ruth Ellis, Welsh model, escort and last woman executed in the United Kingdom who was accused and executed for the murder of her lover (13 July 1955) Genzo Kurita, Japanese serial killer (14 October 1959)
Forensic linguistics contributed to the overturning of Derek Bentley's conviction for murder in 1998, although there were other non-linguistic issues. Nineteen-year-old Bentley, who was functionally illiterate , had been hanged in 1953 for his part in the murder of PC Sidney Miles; he had been convicted partly on the basis of his statement to ...
Derek Bentley, 19, English criminal, hanged for murder at Wandsworth Prison in London while protests took place outside. Bentley's case would become a cause célèbre because the sentencing did not take account of his mental condition and the fact that he had not fired the shots that killed the police officer, which were fired by a minor who ...