From glamour model to nightclub manager - who was pardoned killer Ruth Ellis?

From glamour model to nightclub manager - who was pardoned killer Ruth Ellis?Image source, Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesImage caption, Ruth Ellis, originally from north Wales, was a glamour model and nightclub manager in London in the 1950sByCatriona AitkenBBC WalesPublished9 minutes agoThe last woman to be executed in the UK has received a posthumous conditional pardon more than 70 years after her death - but who was she?Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis, from Rhyl in Denbighshire, was hanged after being convicted of murdering her lover, David Blakely.Since then, Ellis' family have fought for her conviction to be overturned, saying Blakely physically and emotionally abused her before she killed him.Announcing that the King had granted the pardon on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said it did not mean Ellis was innocent, but "replaces the death penalty with a sentence of life imprisonment to recognise a profound injustice in this exceptional case".Image source, Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesImage caption, It is widely reported that Ellis (middle) lived and worked at the Little Club in Knightsbridge until shortly before her conviction What did Ruth Ellis do and when was she hanged?Ellis worked as a glamour model in London in the 1940s and 50s, and was linked to several venues in the capital's nightlife scene, before reportedly living and working as the manager at the Little Club in Knightsbridge until 1954.She was convicted of murdering Blakely on 10 April 1955, and hanged at London's Holloway Prison on 13 July that year.Image source, Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesImage caption, Crowds turned out at London's Holloway Prison on 13 July 1955 as Ellis was executedEllis shot Blakely outside The Magdala pub in Hampstead, London, following a tumultuous relationship involving infidelity on both sides.She had an abortion, which was illegal in the UK at the time, and was physically abused by the racing driver who punched her in the stomach during...