British Executions

Norman William Green

Age: 25

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 27 Jul 1955

Crime Location: Wigan

Execution Place: Liverpool

Method: hanging

Executioner: Albert Pierrepoint

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

Norman William Green murdered William Harmer 11 who he stabbed in a field off Miry Lane, Wigan on 27 August 1954. The following year on 11 April 1955 he stabbed Norman Yates 10 to death in Back Hope Street, Ince, near Wigan.

He stabbed William Harmer 11 times with a penknife including once in the throat. He was found by a man out looking for his child on a piece of wasteland known as 'The Sands'. He was still alive and told the man where he lived and together with some help he was carried home although they didnt know how badly injured he was. He was then taken to hospital but soon died.

see The Encyclopedia Of Executions by John J Eddleston - pages 872-873

see National Archives - ASSI 86/111, ASSI 52/838, DPP 2/2432, PCOM 9/2083