Bristol's Last Execution

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Bristol's Last Execution

Season: 5 Episode: 18

On December 17, 1963, the last judicial execution in our city marked the conclusion of a lengthy era of local executions. Russell Pascoe, aged 23, met his fate at Horfield Prison, Bristol, whilst his accomplice Dennis Whitty, 22, was simultaneously executed at Winchester prison. Their crime was a senseless murder of reclusive farmer William Garfield Rowe

CAST

Harry Allen - Steve Sheperd

Russell Pascoe - Molly Jefferies

Bristol Evening Post - Sam Roberts

Bob Douglas - Joe Wilson

Chief Officer - Steve Yeo

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

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SOURCES

Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 28 November 1963

The Bristol Evening Post front page from 17 December 1963

Bristol Evening Post - Friday 16 December 1988

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