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Teenager Derek Bentley is hung at Wandsworth Prison, London, UK, for his part in the murder of police officer Sidney Miles during a bungled break-in at a warehouse in Croydon, Surrey. The Ballad Of Derek Bentley by folk singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl explores the belief that Bentley's execution was a serious miscarriage of justice. In 1998, Bentley will receive a pardon.
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