Executed for Love: How Britain Failed Edith Thompson - Dorset Eye

Executed for Love: How Britain Failed Edith Thompson - Dorset Eye

In the cold winter of January 1923, a 29-year-old woman named Edith Thompson was led to the gallows of Holloway Prison. She had been convicted of a crime she did not physically commit, the murder of her husband, Percy Thompson. Her lover, Frederick Bywaters, had confessed to the killing, but Edith was hanged too, her conviction resting not on action but on implication. Her death was not only a personal tragedy but also a chilling reflection of t…