Age: 42
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 9 Aug 1955
Crime Location: Coleshill, Coventry
Execution Place: Birmingham
Method: hanging
Executioner: Stephen Wade
Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.co.uk
Ernest Charles Harding was convicted of the murder of Evelyn Patricia Higgins 10.
He sexually assaulted her, attempted to suffocate her and stabbed her in the throat. After he buried her 8 inches below the ground.
see National Archives - ASSI 88/112, ASSI 13/330
