British Executions

George Henry Whelpton

Age: 31

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 7 Jan 1948

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Leeds

Method: hanging

Executioner: Stephen Wade

Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C4633054

George Henry Whelpton murdered his girlfriend Alison Gertrude Parkin 48, Joyce Parkin 23 and Maurice Parkin 15 at 4 Wainwright Road, Doncaster on 9 October 1947. He strangled them all.

He was a married bus driver and had been seeing Alison Parkin who was a widow 17 years older than him for about 3 months.