Comments for Searching for the Truth about Ruth Ellis By Monica Weller http://copperknob.wordpress.com Ruth Ellis facts by Monica Weller + 6 of Monica's articles published in TRUE DETECTIVE magazine Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on RUTH ELLIS-copyright photos of places in the story,may not be used without my permission by copperknob http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-873 copperknob Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:04:44 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-873 Hello Miranda You will notice I have edited your lengthy comment. I look forward to reading your comments again when you have read our book. Best wishes Monica Weller Hello Miranda
You will notice I have edited your lengthy comment. I look forward to reading your comments again when you have read our book.
Best wishes
Monica Weller

]]> Comment on RUTH ELLIS-copyright photos of places in the story,may not be used without my permission by Miranda Crawford http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-872 Miranda Crawford Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:46:30 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-872 Hi there. I recently watched Dance with a Stranger with Miranda Richardson playing Ruth Ellis (my name's Miranda too :-). I saw it years ago and have it on VHS (I love my video collection before anyone makes a COMMENT!!) and it has always had this strange impact on me... I will definitely buy the book her sister wrote because I see many similarities with Ruth and me (not that I'm going to shoot anyone!!!) and that film still remains one of my favourite films. I hope in time her name will be cleared for her families sake. Thank you. Hi there.

I recently watched Dance with a Stranger with Miranda Richardson playing Ruth Ellis (my name’s Miranda too :-) . I saw it years ago and have it on VHS (I love my video collection before anyone makes a COMMENT!!) and it has always had this strange impact on me…

I will definitely buy the book her sister wrote because I see many similarities with Ruth and me (not that I’m going to shoot anyone!!!) and that film still remains one of my favourite films. I hope in time her name will be cleared for her families sake.

Thank you.

]]> Comment on SOUND OF THE GALLOWS by Darren in Amersham http://copperknob.wordpress.com/sound-of-the-gallows/#comment-857 Darren in Amersham Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:22:03 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/sound-of-the-gallows/#comment-857 Hi Monica Reading your book about the case. Compelling stuff...I really think you're on to something. Darren Hi Monica

Reading your book about the case. Compelling stuff…I really think you’re on to something.

Darren

]]> Comment on CONTACT Monica Weller by copperknob http://copperknob.wordpress.com/contact-monica-weller/#comment-825 copperknob Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:25:57 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/?page_id=325#comment-825 Thank you Steve for your carefully considered comments. Monica Weller Thank you Steve for your carefully considered comments.
Monica Weller

]]> Comment on RUTH ELLIS-copyright photos of places in the story,may not be used without my permission by copperknob http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-824 copperknob Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:25:07 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-824 Thank you. In response to the second part of your comment concerning Warrington which I have edited, Ruth Ellis did not spend part of her childhood in that town. Monica Weller Thank you. In response to the second part of your comment concerning Warrington which I have edited, Ruth Ellis did not spend part of her childhood in that town.
Monica Weller

]]> Comment on CONTACT Monica Weller by Steve R http://copperknob.wordpress.com/contact-monica-weller/#comment-823 Steve R Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:26:44 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/?page_id=325#comment-823 People may well ask why, after over half a century some details are still kept closed. My own thoughts are and always have been that there was more to this case than was actually put forward at The Old Bailey in 1955. In my opininon this was more of a political case than anything else. One has to also consider the perceived "Moral" and "class" structure of the post war Tory government - which also extended to the QCs and judges of that era (Melford Stevenson did not appear to have a great deal of empathy for his client if most of what I have read is factual). In 1955 Appearances were everything. People may well ask why, after over half a century some details are still kept closed. My own thoughts are and always have been that there was more to this case than was actually put forward at The Old Bailey in 1955. In my opininon this was more of a political case than anything else.

One has to also consider the perceived “Moral” and “class” structure of the post war Tory government – which also extended to the QCs and judges of that era (Melford Stevenson did not appear to have a great deal of empathy for his client if most of what I have read is factual).

In 1955 Appearances were everything.

]]> Comment on RUTH ELLIS-copyright photos of places in the story,may not be used without my permission by Tudor Pole http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-822 Tudor Pole Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:07:09 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/places-in-the-ruth-ellis-story/#comment-822 Ruth Ellis shoud not have been found guilty of murder and her execution was a travesty of justice. Tudor Pole Ruth Ellis shoud not have been found guilty of murder and her execution was a travesty of justice.
Tudor Pole

]]> Comment on CONTACT Monica Weller by copperknob http://copperknob.wordpress.com/contact-monica-weller/#comment-801 copperknob Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:08:14 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/?page_id=325#comment-801 Ellee Seymour - you ask why the secrecy? 'For the greater good' springs to mind. Which may have been appropriate in 1955, but now, 2009? It is an insult. Monica Weller Ellee Seymour – you ask why the secrecy? ‘For the greater good’ springs to mind. Which may have been appropriate in 1955, but now, 2009? It is an insult.
Monica Weller

]]> Comment on RUTH ELLIS – Her grave – 52nd Anniversary of her Death – 13/07/07 by Lorna http://copperknob.wordpress.com/13-july-2007-52nd-anniversary-of-ruth-elliss-death-photos-at-her-grave/#comment-792 Lorna Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:29:04 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/13-july-2007-52nd-anniversary-of-ruth-elliss-death-photos-at-her-grave/#comment-792 Surely with all the extra evidence that has now been brought to light, the Ruth Ellis case MUST be looked into again. It's so sad and unfair and I feel so angry at our justice system for how Ruth Ellis's young life was taken so cruelly away from her. If things had been done properly the first time round in the courts, then a fairer sentence could have been issued. The government do not realise the importance of a pardon, its just words on a piece of paper for them to sign. JUSTICE MUST BE DONE NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS IT TAKES Surely with all the extra evidence that has now been brought to light, the Ruth Ellis case MUST be looked into again. It’s so sad and unfair and I feel so angry at our justice system for how Ruth Ellis’s young life was taken so cruelly away from her. If things had been done properly the first time round in the courts, then a fairer sentence could have been issued. The government do not realise the importance of a pardon, its just words on a piece of paper for them to sign. JUSTICE MUST BE DONE NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS IT TAKES

]]> Comment on CONTACT Monica Weller by Ellee Seymour - MCIPR, PRESS CONSULTANT, JOURNALIST, POLITICAL AND PR BLOGGER. » My holiday highlights http://copperknob.wordpress.com/contact-monica-weller/#comment-791 Ellee Seymour - MCIPR, PRESS CONSULTANT, JOURNALIST, POLITICAL AND PR BLOGGER. » My holiday highlights Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:20:36 +0000 http://copperknob.wordpress.com/?page_id=325#comment-791 [...] Most puzzling info: I sat in on some of the talks and one of the most interesting was about the tortured and doomed life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to hang in Britain in 1955. Why, I wonder, has an 80 year silence (according to the speaker Mike Harvey) been put on the publication of some of the Public Record files surrounding her case? What will they reveal in  the 2030s when published? Who are they protecting? Monica Weller has written extensively about this with Ruth’s sister Muriel Jakubait, but mentions a 50 year cloak of secrecy. However, the questions remain the same. Why is such a lengthy period of secrecy necessary over the case of Ruth Ellis? [...] [...] Most puzzling info: I sat in on some of the talks and one of the most interesting was about the tortured and doomed life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to hang in Britain in 1955. Why, I wonder, has an 80 year silence (according to the speaker Mike Harvey) been put on the publication of some of the Public Record files surrounding her case? What will they reveal in  the 2030s when published? Who are they protecting? Monica Weller has written extensively about this with Ruth’s sister Muriel Jakubait, but mentions a 50 year cloak of secrecy. However, the questions remain the same. Why is such a lengthy period of secrecy necessary over the case of Ruth Ellis? [...]

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