Robert McGladdery

Robert McGladdery

Robert Andrew McGladdery (died December 20 1961) was the last person to be executed in Northern Ireland.

He was convicted of the murder of Pearl Gamble, 19, near Newry on the 28th January 1961, and hanged at Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast, at the age of 25, by the British executioner Harry Allen.


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