British Executions

Walter Osmond Worthington

Age: 57

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 10 Jul 1935

Crime Location:

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.