DESMOND Cussen is the former partner of Ruth Ellis – the nightclub manager who became the last woman to be hanged.  Ruth’s ...

Desmond Cussen was a key figure in the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, who is depicted in the ITV drama A Cruel Story: The Ruth Ellis Story ...

But what else do we know about Desmond Cussen and what happened to him after Ruth Ellis' death? Who was Desmond Cussen? Desmond Cussen was born in 1923 in Epsom, Surrey, with a wealthy family ...

revisits the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain - but what happened to her admirer Desmond Cussen? Lucy Boynton portrays Ruth Ellis, who was arrested after shooting her ...

Before his tragic death, Ruth Ellis' son Andre 'Andy' Neilson made a recording which shed a completely different light on the ...

CLARE Andrea “Andy” Neilson was the son of Ruth Ellis – the last woman to be hanged in England.  His mother’s crime and ...

Ruth became involved in an abusive relationship with upcoming racing driver David Blakely. On trial for his murder, Ruth was sentenced to hanging. Ruth remained at Holloway Prison while awaiting ...

Decades later, the firm has been engaged by Ruth’s family to present new evidence and formally request a pardon from the ...

Take Desmond Cussen, for example. Cussen flew Lancaster bombers during ... (this drama is based on Carol Ann Lee’s book A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story). Over the years, it’s ...

DESMOND Cussen is the former partner of Ruth Ellis - the nightclub manager who became the last woman to be hanged. Ruth’s tragic story is dramatised in the ITV series A Cruel Love: The Ruth ...

Lucy Boynton portrays Ruth Ellis, who was arrested after shooting ... A key character in the story is Desmond Cussen, Ruth's ardent admirer and occasional lover, who becomes entangled in Ruth's ...