Age: 40
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 21 Dec 1945
Execution Place: Pentonville
Method: hanging
Executioner: Albert Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John Riley Young murdered Frederick Benjamin Lucas 52 and Cissie Clara Lucas 50 who he battered to death at "Cranham", Undercliffe Gardens, Leigh-on-Sea on 6 June, 1945.
see National Archives MEPO 3/2296
