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

Ruth Ellis (Lucy Boynton) was arrested following the shooting of her lover David Blakely (Laurie Davidson) in 1955 following ...

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 ...

Ruth Ellis shot her lover David Blakely in 1955 and her devoted admirer Desmond Cussen was drawn into her toxic love triangle - but what happened to him after her death?

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

JOHN Bickford was the lawyer who defended nightclub manager Ruth Ellis during her murder trial.  Ruth’s story was dramatised in the ITV series Ruth Ellis: A Cruel Love which follows John’s ...

Lucy Boynton leads the cast of ITV's hard-hitting factual drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, which explores the tragic ...

Now, ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is bringing the high-profile murder case back into public discourse, ...

EXCLUSIVE: As a brilliant new TV drama stars Lucy Boynton as the last woman to be hanged, its author reveals the fury of the ...

Here is the cast list in full: A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story was filmed in Dorchester, predominantly Dorchester Prison.

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 ...