Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters

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 who were executed for the murder of Thompson’s husband Percy. Their case became a cause célèbre.

Read more about Edith Thompson And Frederick Bywaters:  Early Life and Events Leading To The Murder, The Murder, The Trial, Imprisonment and Execution, Critiques of The Case and The Trial, Burial, The Case in Popular Culture

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