British Executions

Benjamin Roberts

Age: 23

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 13 Dec 1949

Crime Location: Chilton

Execution Place: Durham

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.co.uk

Benjamin Roberts murdered Lilian Vickers 21 who he shot behind a shed on allotments at Chilton on 15 August 1949.

see National Archives - DPP 2/1922

see National Archives - DPP 2/1922, ASSI 45/109/9