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 ...

On 10 April 1955, Ellis shot and killed Blakely outside the Magdala pub in Hampstead, north London. While in a relationship with Blakely, Ellis also became romantically entangled with an RAF pilot ...

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 ...

What happened to Desmond Cussen? Following Ruth's death, Desmond denied ever supplying her with the gun. He was never tried for any crimes related to the case, and later emigrated to Australia.

The series also stars Toby Jones as John Bickford, the solicitor representing Ellis, Laurie Davidson as Blakely, and Mark Stanley as Cussen. You can watch A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story on ITV1.

The show is set in 1955, the year Ruth was hanged, and is based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story. Viewers can watch the series when it lands on ITV ...