Nigel Havers’ astonishing real-life family connection to the Ruth Ellis case - He plays his own grandfather in A Cruel Love: ...

CECIL Havers was a former soldier and judge who oversaw the Ruth Ellis case, which ended in her execution.  He appears in the ...

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

A new ITV show focuses on the notorious case that helped bring about the abolition of capital punishment for murder ...

Now, ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is bringing the high-profile murder case back into public discourse, ...

Ruth Ellis had six grandchildren via her daughter, Georgina, two of which were closely involved with the production of A ...

New ITV drama A Cruel Love retells the haunting story of Ruth Ellis - exploring her heartbreak and abuse that led to a ...

Inspired by Carol Ann Lee's book, the series follows Ruth (played by Lucy Boynton) who was arrested and charged with the murder of David Blakely (Laurie Davidson) in 1955.

A LAW firm has been instructed to pursue legal action to secure a posthumous pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, ...

Viewers of the new ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story made the same comment about the new series focusing on the ...

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

One of those is her solicitor John Bickford, played by Mr Bates vs The Post Office star Toby Jones who takes on another true character role. In fact, during the court scenes he will read out the ...