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The death penalty for 'petty treason', killing a husband or social superior, remained in law since 1351, even after capital punishment for all other murders was abolished in 1965. It remained on the statute book until 1998, along with piracy with violence, high treason, and arson in dockyards. Mary Elizabeth Wilson, 'The Merry Widow of Windy Nook', was convicted of killing two husbands and suspected of killing two more. She was sentenced to death but died while imprisoned in Holloway. Ruth Ellis, a British nightclub hostess and mother of two, was the last woman to be hanged in England. She repeatedly shot her lover David Blakely with a borrowed gun in 1955 after years of abuse. The public expected the death sentence would be commuted to imprisonment, and the Home Office received 600 letters asking for mercy. Ruth Ellis was hanged ten years after she was hanged, but the death penalty was abolished in 1965. Most murdered women are killed by their husbands or partners, with 58% in 1967-74, usually in their own homes. The list of murdered women in 2019 includes Charlotte Huggins, Jay Edmunds, Simbiso Aretha Moula, Sarah Ashraf, Asma Begum, Luz Margory Isaza Villegas, Christy Walshe, Leanne Unsworth, Alison Hunt, Mary Annie Sowerby, and Julie Webb.
In 2019, a series of murders and rapes occurred in various locations across the UK. Margaret Smyth, Susan Waring, Mary Page, Libby Squire, Antoinette Donnegan, Dorothy Bowyer, Jodie Chesney, Elize Stevens, Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, Lalal Kamara, Alice Morrow, Rachel Evans, Alison McKenzie, Barbara Heywood, Paula Meadows, Sarah Fuller, Megan Newton, Leah Fray, Siama Riaz, Sammy-Lee Lodwig, Amy Parsons, Emma Faulds, Lauren Griffiths, Ellie Gould, Joanne Hamer, Mavis Long, Julia Rawson, Tatiana Koudriavtsev, and Jayde Hall were all found guilty of their crimes.
In January 2019, Maggie was missing for six days before her body was found under rubble at a former pub in Bolton. Her partner was found guilty of her murder and other offenses against four other women. In February 2021, Libby Squire's body was found in the Humber estuary. In February 2022, Antoinette Donnegan was found strangled in London, while Sarah Henshaw was attacked and strangled by her ex-partner. In March 2019, Jodie Chesney was stabbed to death by her grandson, while Elize Stevens was stabbed 86 times by her partner.
In April 2019, Sarah Fuller was strangled to death by her partner, Megan Newton was found dead in Stoke-on-Trent, and Leah Fray was found dead in a burning flat in Leicester. In May 2019, Ellie Gould was stabbed to death by a school friend, and Joanne Hamer was found dead in Lincolnshire. In May 2019, Julia Rawson and her husband were stabbed to death by their son. In May 2019, Tatiana Koudriavtsev and their son were stabbed to death by their son.
In 2019, a series of murders occurred in various locations across the UK. Elizabeth McShane, Linda Treeby, Regan Tierney, Paige Gibson, Neomi Smith, Valerie Richardson, Safie Xheta, Lucy Rushton, Kelly Fauvrelle, Julia Flynn, Joanna Thompson, Ligita Kostiajeviene, Carol Milne, Layla Arezo, Doreen Virgo, Diane Dyer, Kayleigh Hanks, Christine Ford, Dr. Leela Monti, Kelly-Anne Case, Tracey Walker, Dorothy Woolmer, Kathleen Gold, Lindsay Birbeck, Belinda Rose, Pamela Mellor, Linda Vilika, Michelle Pearson, Rebecca Simpson, Jacqueline Kirk, Alice Farquharson, Laura Rakstelyte, Sandra Samuels, Janet Lewis, Marlene McCabe, Lana Nemceva, Bethany Fields, Serafima Mashaka, and others were all found dead in their homes.
The deaths were attributed to various factors, including diminished responsibility, murder, attempted murder, assault on an emergency worker, and a lack of evidence. The perpetrators were convicted of various crimes, including murder-suicide, rape, sexual assault, and murder and sexual assault. The victims were treated for injuries and later released from prison.
In addition to these cases, several individuals were found dead in various other locations, including a man who was jailed for his role in the murder. The victims' families were also involved in the murders, with some pledging to pay for their own deaths. The police have continued to investigate and prosecute these cases, ensuring that everyone involved is held accountable for their actions.
In 2019, a series of murders and other crimes occurred in the UK, with several individuals found guilty of their crimes. Vera Hudson, Keely Bunker, Cristina Ortiz-Lozano, Emily Goodman, Katrina Fletcher, Margaret Robertson, Arlene Williams, Sarah Hassall, Suvekshya Burathoki, Natalie Harker, Niyat Berhane Teklemariam, Lesley Spearing, Zoe Orton, Thi Tra My Pham, Evie Adams, Levi Ogden, Tsegereda Gebremariam, Marion Price, Jolanta Jacubowska, Kayleigh Dunning, Nelly Myers, Angela Tarver, Amy Appleton, Frances Murray, Vivienne Bryan, and Stacey Cooper were all found dead.
In addition to these cases, Lamduan Seekanya/Armitage was identified as a woman whose body was found in a stream in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004. Mihrican Mustafa and Henriett Szuchs were also found dead in a freezer in east London. An 86-year-old man was held on suspicion of murder.
In October 2019, Nicola Stevenson, Beatrice Yankson, Levi Ogden, Tsegereda Gebremariam, Marion Price, Jolanta Jacubowska, Kayleigh Dunning, Nelly Myers, Angela Tarver, Amy Appleton, Frances Murray, Vivienne Bryan, and Stacey Cooper were all found dead in their homes.
In March 2019, Lamduan Seekanya/Armitage was identified as a woman whose body was found in a stream in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004. In April 2019, Mihrican Mustafa and Henriett Szuchs were found dead in a freezer in east London, and Brenda Venables' remains were found in a sceptic tank.