4 October

Shortly after midnight Percy Thompson is stabbed to death in Belgrave Road, Ilford.

Thompson and Bywaters Executed

A young ship's steward stabbed his lover's husband on an Ilford street in 1922. Her letters, not her actions, took her to the gallows beside him.

Bywaters is detained and Edith, at the police station, admits she knows him; both are later charged with murder.

Thompson and Bywaters Executed

A young ship's steward stabbed his lover's husband on an Ilford street in 1922. Her letters, not her actions, took her to the gallows beside him.