Bio

Ronald Henry Marwood was born in 1933. He grew up in London, England. He later became a scaffolder, a job that involves building and maintaining scaffolding for construction projects.

On December 14, 1958, Marwood celebrated his first wedding anniversary. His wife was not feeling well, so he decided to go out alone with friends. He consumed a significant amount of alcohol that night, reportedly ten pints of brown ale. Later, he became involved in a gang fight outside a dance hall on Seven Sisters Road in Holloway, London.

During this altercation, Police Constable Raymond Henry Summers, a 23-year-old officer, tried to break up the fight. Marwood became involved in the chaos. Following the fight, several youths were arrested, including Marwood. Initially, he was questioned and released after denying involvement in the incident.

However, Marwood struggled with his conscience after the event. On January 27, 1959, he walked into a police station and confessed to the crime. He stated that he never intended to kill the officer and had not realized he was holding a knife.

Marwood’s trial began in March 1959 at the Old Bailey. His defense argued that he only intended to push the officer away in the heat of the moment. Nevertheless, he was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death. He was executed by hanging at Pentonville Prison on May 8, 1959.

Murder Story

On December 14, 1958, Ronald Henry Marwood was celebrating his first wedding anniversary. He drank ten pints of brown ale and became involved in a gang fight outside a dance hall on Seven Sisters Road in Holloway, London. During the altercation, 23-year-old Police Constable Raymond Henry Summers tried to break up the fight. In the chaos, Marwood stabbed the constable in the back with a knife.

After the stabbing, eleven youths, including Marwood, were arrested for their involvement in the fight. Marwood was initially questioned by the police but denied any involvement and was released. However, he was unable to cope with the guilt of what had happened. On January 27, 1959, he turned himself in at the Caledonian Road police station and confessed to the murder.

At his trial in March 1959 at the Old Bailey, Marwood claimed he had only intended to push Constable Summers away while forgetting that he was holding a knife. His defense team argued that he should be charged with manslaughter instead of murder, but this was not accepted by the court. The jury found him guilty of capital murder.

Marwood was sentenced to death. He was executed by hanging at Pentonville Prison on May 8, 1959. His case attracted attention, and several people called for his reprieve, but it was denied. Marwood was one of the 29 men hanged in England and Wales after the 1957 Homicide Act, which classified certain murders as capital crimes.