Edith Thompson: U-turn over rejection of hanged woman’s pardon
Edith Thompson: U-turn over rejection of hanged woman’s pardon 1923 Edith Thompson was hanged for murder, and rumors arose that she had aborted while still hanging from the rope. Edith Thompson, 29, was found guilty of murdering Percy Thompson, despite there being little evidence against her and the insistence of the killer - her lover - that she was no part of it. A request made last year was rejected by Justice Secretary Dominic Raab. The pardon is now being looked at again after errors were pointed out. Percy was stabbed in Ilford, east London, on 3 October 1922 by 20-year-old Frederick Bywaters. The Thompsons had been making their way home from the theatre. The case caused a huge sensation as letters written by Edith uncovered during the police investigation revealed an affair between her and the killer. She was executed at Holloway Prison on 9 January 1923 where she had to be carried to the gallows with her arms and ankles bound following days of injections of a powerful sedative....