Scene outside Pentonville Prison, Ronald Marwood execution

May 05, 1959 - Ronald Marwood Executed At Pentonville Prison - Demonstration outside: A crowd about 700 strong demonstrated outside Pentonville Prison this morning when Ronald Marwood was executed for the murder of police Constable Summers during an affray in Holloway. Mounted police had to force back the booing and muttering crowd. Blows and kicks were exchanged between the police and the demonstrators and two arrests were made. There was a wild seething mass as police tried to maintain their grip on a struggling man. Photo shows one of the demonstrators is carried away by police outside Pentonville Prison where Marwood was executed this morning

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