Age: 31
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 8 Aug 1944
Execution Place: Leicester
Method: hanging
Executioner: Albert Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
William Alfred Cowle murdered his ex-girlfriend Nora Emily Payne 32 who he stabbed to death at Springfield Road, Leicester on 18 May 1944.
see Hull Daily Mail - Tuesday 08 August 1944
see National Archives - ASSI 13/79
