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Historic London pub marks 70th anniversary of Ruth Ellis becoming UK's last woman hanged for murder, after she gunned lover down outside saloon bar - amid calls for a pardon and ITV drama

Ruth Ellis was put to death 70 years ago aged just 28 for shooting dead her violent lover, racing driver David Blakely in a north London boozer.