- Zsiga Pankotia
Zsiga Pankotia was a Hungarian-born
murder er who washanged on the29 June 1961 at Armley Gaol, (Leeds , now HMP Leeds) [ [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanged2.html English & Welsh executions 1932 - 1964 ] ] . He was hanged byHarry Allen for the murder of Eli Myres in a house burglary in the city's affluentRoundhay district. Under theHomicide Act 1957 , Pankotia could be sentenced to hang because he had murdered Myres during a robbery (which was considered an exceptional circumstance, therefore hanging was an option open to the judiciary). He became the last man to be hanged at Armley Gaol. [ [http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=302458&page=3 Sheffield Forum - Has there ever been a prison in Sheffield? - Page 3 ] ]Pankotia was tried, convicted and sentenced at
Leeds Crown Court and did not appeal against the decision. The hanging had been the first inLeeds since 1959 and caused particular controversy in the area as, by this time, hanging was particularly unfavoured in theUK and was abolished in 1965. [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/zsiga-pankotia?cat=biz-fin Zsiga Pankotia: Information and Much More from Answers.com ] ]References
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