British Executions

Maurice Freedman

Age: 36

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 4 May 1932

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Pentonville

Method: hanging

Executioner: Robert Baxter

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/

Maurice Freedman murdered his girlfriend Annette Friedson 31 whose throat he cut at 103 Fore Street, London on 26 January 1932.

Maurice Freedman and Annette Friedson had know each other for about 18 months and had later become lovers. At some point Annette Friedson discovered that Maurice Freedman was already married. They had begun to quarrel often. Maurice Freedman was an ex-policeman who was in debt and had a gambling habit.