Russell Pascoe
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Russell Pascoe was—along with his 22-year-old accomplice Dennis Whitty
—the third-last prisoner to be executed by hanging
in a British prison. He was 23.
Pascoe was executed at 8.00 am in Bristol's Horfield Prison on 17 December 1963 for his part in the murder of 64-year-old Cornish farmer William Garfield Rowe. Pascoe and Whitty had believed that Rowe kept a fortune hidden on his farm, Nanjarrow Farm, Constantine, near Falmouth
. Although Rowe did keep the sum of £3000 in his farmhouse, Pascoe and Whitty, after having beaten and stabbed Rowe to death, escaped with just £4. They were arrested shortly afterwards.
Pascoe was hanged at Bristol by Harry Allen at the same time as Whitty was being hanged at Winchester Prison. Only two more prisoners would be subsequently executed in Britain
, both in August 1964.
Dennis Whitty
Dennis Whitty was the third-to-last prisoner to be executed by hanging in a British prison. He was 22....
—the third-last prisoner to be executed by hanging
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
in a British prison. He was 23.
Pascoe was executed at 8.00 am in Bristol's Horfield Prison on 17 December 1963 for his part in the murder of 64-year-old Cornish farmer William Garfield Rowe. Pascoe and Whitty had believed that Rowe kept a fortune hidden on his farm, Nanjarrow Farm, Constantine, near Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
. Although Rowe did keep the sum of £3000 in his farmhouse, Pascoe and Whitty, after having beaten and stabbed Rowe to death, escaped with just £4. They were arrested shortly afterwards.
Pascoe was hanged at Bristol by Harry Allen at the same time as Whitty was being hanged at Winchester Prison. Only two more prisoners would be subsequently executed in Britain
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom was used from the creation of the state in 1707 until the practice was abolished in the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom, by hanging, took place in 1964, prior to capital punishment being abolished for murder...
, both in August 1964.