Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
Edith Jessie Thompson (25 December 1893 – 9 January 1923) and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (27 June 1902 – 9 January 1923) were a British couple executed for the murder of Thompson's husband Percy. Their case became a cause célèbre.
Edith Thompson | |
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Born | Edith Jessie Graydon 25 December 1893 Dalston, London |
Died | 9 January 1923 HMP Holloway, London | (aged 29)
Cause | Execution by hanging |
Motive | Crime passionel |
Charge(s) | Murder |
Conviction(s) | Murder (11 December 1922) |
Penalty | Death |
Status | Executed |
Spouse | Percy Thompson (m. 1916; died 1922) |
Frederick Bywaters | |
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Born | 27 June 1902 |
Died | 9 January 1923 HMP Pentonville, London | (aged 20)
Cause | Execution by hanging |
Motive | Crime passionel |
Charge(s) | Murder |
Conviction(s) | Murder (11 December 1922) |
Penalty | Death |
Status | Executed |
Occupation | Merchant seaman |