James Inglis
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Location
- Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Date of birth
- 1922
- Age at first offence
- 29
- Characteristics
- domestic dispute, motive unclear, murder for hire
- Victim profile
- Alice Morgan, 50 (prostitute)
- Method of murder
- Strangulation
- Date(s) of murder
- February 1, 1951
- Years active
- 1951
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Executed
Executed by hanging on May 8, 1951
Case record: James Inglis
Background
James Inglis (1922 – May 8, 1951) was a 29-year-old British murderer.
The offence
He confessed to strangling Alice Morgan, a 50-year-old prostitute, in Kingston upon Hull on February 1, 1951, after a quarrel over payment.
Trial
At his trial, Inglis opted to plead insanity, but the jury did not believe his version of events. On April 20, Justice Ormerod sentenced Inglis to be hanged.
Sentencing and custody
Inglis was jailed at Strangeways Prison to await execution. Because he did not appeal his sentence, a date was fixed for execution in only three weeks from the end of his trial.
Execution
On May 8, Albert Pierrepoint and Syd Dernley escorted Inglis from his cell to the gallows immediately outside and hanged him without delay. The hanging took only seven seconds from the time he was removed from his cell until the trapdoor opened to send him on his fatal drop.
Dernley later related that Inglis practically ran to his execution, following the prison guard's earnest advice to go quickly and "without fuss".
Inglis’s execution was featured in the 2006 film Pierrepoint.
Outcome
James Inglis was executed by hanging on May 8, 1951.
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