DESMOND Cussen is the former partner of Ruth Ellis – the nightclub manager who became the last woman to be hanged.  Ruth’s ...

JOHN Bickford was the lawyer who defended nightclub manager Ruth Ellis during her murder trial.  Ruth’s story was dramatised in the ITV series Ruth Ellis: A Cruel Love which follows John’s ...

Decades later, the firm has been engaged by Ruth’s family to present new evidence and formally request a pardon from the ...

Nightclub hostess and glamour model, Ruth Ellis from Rhyl, North Wales shot her abusive partner David Blakely dead over 70 ...

The story of Ruth Ellis’s execution in 1955 has found its own macabre niche in British folklore, and has been been the ...

The murder conviction of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged ... say Ellis was further provoked by another of her lovers, Desmond Cussen, who was jealous of Blakely, a racing driver.

While Ruth Ellis is remembered as the last woman to be hanged in Britain, her son Andy has been forgotten. Before he killed himself at the age of 37, he had long conversations with his mother's ...

Reinforcing cold front introduces the coldest air of, not only this prolonged stretch, but the coldest since mid-late January ...

The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks Friday 122-111, after a valuable effort from Desmond Bane. Bane finished the contest with 27 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks ...

Grizzlies star Ja Morant posted 31 points and 8 assists, but backcourt mate Desmond Bane had an absurd performance. Bane stuffed the stat sheet with 27 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals ...