{"id":301034,"date":"2026-07-09T20:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/301034\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:20:25","slug":"sista-kvinnan-som-avrattades-i-storbritannien-benadas-efter-70-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/301034\/","title":{"rendered":"Sista kvinnan som avr\u00e4ttades i Storbritannien ben\u00e5das \u2013 efter 70 \u00e5r"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a class=\"_link_1wc6r_108\" href=\"https:\/\/aftonbladet.se\/av\/mariela-quintana-melin\" title=\"Mariela Quintana Melin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Bild av Mariela Quintana Melin\" class=\"_image_1wc6r_85\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783628424_618_45ab1c47-658b-4c7d-bfe6-463d085cb721.png\"  width=\"480\"\/><\/a> Publicerad 10:11Uppdaterad 13:10<img alt=\"Ruth Ellis blev 26 \u00e5r. Nu ben\u00e5das hon.\" class=\"_image_1jxax_84 layout-component layout-wide\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"3000\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/88cdf732-0123-3a68-9fc1-d4041cf44419.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:0% 0%\" width=\"2442\"\/>Ruth Ellis blev 26 \u00e5r. Nu ben\u00e5das hon.  Foto: Kemp \/ ApVisa mer<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">Mer \u00e4n 70 \u00e5r har g\u00e5tt sedan den sista kvinnan d\u00f6md till d\u00f6dstraff i Storbritannien avr\u00e4ttades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">D\u00e5 hade Ruth Ellis, 28, erk\u00e4nt att hon m\u00f6rdat sin \u00e4lskare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">Nu ben\u00e5dar kung Charles henne postumt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Nattklubbsv\u00e4rdinnan och tv\u00e5barnsmamman Ruth Ellis avr\u00e4ttades genom h\u00e4ngning den 13 juli 1955. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">D\u00e5 hade en jury d\u00f6mt henne till d\u00f6den f\u00f6r mord p\u00e5 sin \u00e4lskare \u2013 efter bara 20 minuters \u00f6verl\u00e4ggning. Men nu ben\u00e5das hon postumt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013 Jag har \u00e4ran att meddela att Hans Majest\u00e4t Konungen har f\u00f6ljt regeringens r\u00e5d och beviljat Ruth Ellis, den sista kvinnan som h\u00e4ngdes i Storbritannien, en villkorlig ben\u00e5dning, sa vice premi\u00e4rminister David Lammy i parlamentet, skriver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15962117\/Ruth-Ellis-posthumously-pardoned-King-70-years-woman-executed-Britain.html?ico=comment-anchor\" class=\"_link_16k26_32\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <img alt=\"Kung Charles ben\u00e5dar henne postumt.\" class=\"_image_1jxax_84 layout-component layout-normal\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"2728\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a4bedd74-f7d8-3606-badd-b50f8574cd2a.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:0% 0%\" width=\"3632\"\/>Kung Charles ben\u00e5dar henne postumt. Foto: Aaron Chown  \/AP\/TTVisa mer <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Ben\u00e5dningen kommer efter att Ruth Ellis barnbarn l\u00e4nge har drivit en kampanj f\u00f6r att hon ska ben\u00e5das. Deras motivering \u00e4r att Ruth Ellis sj\u00e4lv var utsatt f\u00f6r b\u00e5de misshandel och \u00f6vergrepp innan mordet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013 Vi \u00e4r fast beslutna att g\u00f6ra vad vi kan f\u00f6r att r\u00e4tta till denna historiska or\u00e4ttvisa och hedra inte bara Ruth utan alla offer f\u00f6r v\u00e5ld i hemmet som har blivit svikna av r\u00e4ttssystemet, har barnbarnet Laura Enston tidigare sagt.<\/p>\n<p>  Sk\u00f6t ihj\u00e4l honom  <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Ruth Ellis relation med \u00e4lskaren David Blakely beskrivs av brittiska medier som \u201dstormig\u201d. B\u00e5da ska ha varit otrogna och Blakely ska ha slagit Ellis i magen s\u00e5 illa att det ledde till missfall.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Ruth Ellis erk\u00e4nde att hon sk\u00f6t ihj\u00e4l David Blakely utanf\u00f6r en pub i London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">P\u00e5 den tiden var d\u00f6dsstraff standardstraffet f\u00f6r mord i landet. Men redan d\u00e5 ifr\u00e5gasatte allm\u00e4nheten om d\u00f6dstraff verkligen skulle finnas i straffskalan. Ruth Ellis fall blev en symbolfr\u00e5ga i debatten och elva \u00e5r senare avskaffades d\u00f6dsstraffet f\u00f6r mord, skriver <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/family-of-last-woman-to-be-hanged-in-britain-seek-posthumous-pardon-13454968\" class=\"_link_16k26_32\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013 \u00c4ven om ben\u00e5dningen inte inneb\u00e4r att hon f\u00f6rklaras oskyldig till d\u00f6dandet av David Blakely, ers\u00e4tter den d\u00f6dsstraffet med ett livstidsstraff f\u00f6r att erk\u00e4nna den djupa or\u00e4ttvisa som begicks i detta exceptionella fall, fortsatte David Lammy. <\/p>\n<p> <img alt=\"David Lammy, vice premi\u00e4rminister i parlamentet.\" class=\"_image_1jxax_84 layout-component layout-normal\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"2325\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/593952db-684e-3fac-9b4d-b57350543eaf.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:0% 0%\" width=\"3487\"\/>David Lammy, vice premi\u00e4rminister i parlamentet. 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