British Executions

Oliver George Butler

Age: 24

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 12 Aug 1952

Crime Location: Horley, Banbury

Execution Place: Oxford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C10854239

Oliver Butler murdered his girlfriend Rose Margaret Meadows 21 who he strangled in a field near Horley, Banbury on 19 May 1952.

see National Archives - ASSI 89/3, ASSI 6/84, DPP 2/2162, PCOM 9/1627

see Banbury Advertiser - Wednesday 28 May 1952