Death sentence

The last person to be actually put to death was a 37-year-old man. The man was convicted of murdering his wife and following his conviction was put to death by hanging in the courtyard of the central prison at 07.45 AM on the 19 January 1948. In 1966, one prisoner was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life imprisonment. The death sentence was abolished in 1970 by order of Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II.