Age: 57
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 10 Jul 1935
Execution Place: Bedford
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Walter Worthington murdered Sybil Emily Worthington 28 at The Meads, Broughton, near St Ives, Huntingdon on 9 March 1935. He shot her in the left breast with a double barrelled shotgun.
Walter Worthington was a poultry farmer. He said the gun went off accidently but the prosecution said he shot her deliberatly because he was jealous of her.