Letter written by Ruth Ellis day before she hanged goes for auction

A LETTER written by Ruth Ellis the day before she was hanged for killing her abusive lover David Blakely is going on sale.

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Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis was executed at Holloway Prison for the murder of her lover David Blakely. They are pictured at the Little Club in London 1955. Right: Ellis' letter

The nightclub hostess and convicted murderer, originally from Rhyl, was the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

She had shot Blakely outside The Magdala pub in Hampstead in London in 1955. She was executed at HM Prison Holloway, London, aged 28. Now Forum Auctions auctioneers in London are overseeing the sale of the document.