Age: 26
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 13 Dec 1949
Crime Location: Cold Healedon, County Durham
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John Wilson murdered Lucy Nightingale 25 who he strangled in a cornfield at Cold Healedon, County Durham on 13 August 1949.
see National Archives - ASSI 45/109/13