British Executions

John Wilson

Age: 26

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 13 Dec 1949

Crime Location: Cold Healedon, County Durham

Execution Place: Durham

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

John Wilson murdered Lucy Nightingale 25 who he strangled in a cornfield at Cold Healedon, County Durham on 13 August 1949.

see National Archives - ASSI 45/109/13