Age: 23
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 11 Jul 1950
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: Albert Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
George Finlay Brown murdered his girlfriend Mary Victoria Longhurst 23 who he strangled at 26 King Street, North Shields on 10 March, 1950.
see National Archives - ASSI 45/110/3
see "Murderer Executed." Times [London, England] 12 July 1950: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Nov. 2013.
