Ruth Ellis shot her lover David Blakely in 1955 and her devoted admirer Desmond Cussen was drawn into her toxic love triangle - but what happened to him after her death?

Desmond Cussen was a key figure in the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, who is depicted in the ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story Comments Lifestyle Mike ...

Parting Shot: Cussen looks on as Ruth is put in a police car after pleading not guilty at her arraignment. Sleeper Star: Mark Stanley is both creepy and sincere as Desmond Cussen, a hard combo to ...

SHE was the ultimate femme fatale. Ruth Ellis, a peroxide-blonde club hostess with film-star looks, shot dead her posh racing-driver lover David Blakely outside a London pub in 1955. The story of o… ...

That being said, their relationship wasn’t exclusive and they still saw other people, including Desmond Cussen, a former RAF pilot who Ellis had moved in with. Blakely’s actions towards Ellis ...

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is a four-part drama that will premiere in the US and Canada on BritBox from February 17 2025. The drama will also be shown weekly in the UK on ITV1 from ...

While the audience learns how Ruth is introduced to both Blakely and a pivotal figure named Desmond Cussen (as played by Mark Stanley from another BritBox import, Trigger Point), the action ...

Who was Ruth Ellis? Ruth Ellis was a Welsh mother of two who worked as a nightclub hostess, model, and one-time background actor. (She had an uncredited role in the 1951 film Lady Godiva Rides ...

Their relationship hit rocky ground when Ruth fell pregnant and chose to terminate the pregnancy. After losing her job at the Little Club, she moved in with ex-RAF pilot Desmond Cussen.

Ruth Ellis was a Welsh mother of two who worked as a nightclub hostess, model, and one-time background actor. (She had an uncredited role in the 1951 film Lady Godiva Rides Again.) On April 10 ...