Age: 22
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 27 Apr 1927
Execution Place: Nottingham
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
William Knighton murdered his mother Ada Knighton 55 by cutting her throat at 1 Bethel Street, Ilkeston on 8 February 1927.
see Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 27 April 1927
see National Archives - ASSI 13/57