David chapman,Scarborough,Prison 1965,

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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,003 Send Message	FAIRTHORN	Report	1 Apr 2009 16:23
	England: David Chapman, who was sentenced to hang in November 1965 for the murder of a swimming-pool night-watchman in Scarborough. He was released from prison in 1979 and later died in a car accident. The last death sentence imposed in England was on 1st November 1965 when David Chapman was sentenced to death for the murder of Alfred Harland in Scarborough. CHAPMAN, David and MAKINSON, Richard: murder of Alfred HARLAND between 21 and 24 June 1965 in Scarborough, Yorkshire by drowning. Convicted and sentenced to death. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=7979425&CATLN=6&accessmethod=5
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Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 1 Send Message	Rebecca	Report	1 Apr 2009 02:20
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 1 Send Message	I am trying to find anyone who knew or is related to David chapman, who was the last person in England to be sentanced to death by hanging on 1st November 1965 but on the 8th November 1965 capital punishment was stopped and he subsequently got life ( I think in York prison) He was released in 1979 but later died in a car accident. I have been told he may have been welsh, although he was in scarborough at the time of his conviction. Any info at all please message me. (No matter how little) Rebecca