Hanging
Camp 020 were asked for their recommendation on whether Scott-Ford should be reprieved. The commandant wrote that there were no reasons for a reprieve: "Indeed, there may well be many who will agree that death by hanging is almost too good for a sailor who will encompass the death of thousands of his shipmates without qualm." The sentence of death on Scott-Ford was executed by Albert Pierrepoint at 9am on 3 November 1942 at Wandsworth prison.
The details of his trial had been kept secret until Scott-Ford was dead. The next day's papers reported that Scott-Ford had betrayed his country for £18, and lost his life in consequence, as a warning to other Merchant Navy sailors who might have been approached.
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