Age: 32
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 12 Aug 1931
Execution Place: Cardiff
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
William Corbett murdered his wife Ethel Louisa Corbett 39 during an argument by cutting her throat with a razor.
He had recently lost his job as a miner and became depressed. On 24 March Ethel Corbett went to the police to say that her husband was acting strangely and had asked for a razor, however they said there was nothing they could do as he had not threatened her. The next day they had a row with Ethel Corbett making accusations that something had happened between him and their 17 year old step-daughter. They rowed and he pulled a razor from his pocket and cut her throat. He then struck at the step daughter but she grabbed the handle of the knife and survived his attacks.
