The protesters are good people for trying to help bentley GOOD PEOPLE R.I.P bentley and protesters. oh and cristopher may satan eat your soul for eternity
thanks for posting this. this film is emotional. I cannot believe the injustice in this. I hope this Christopher Craig has a concience and thanks his lucky stars he's still living considering he did all the shooting!
derek bently was by no means the only prisoner to be hanged for not actually committing the murder,a couple of years before,two poles,REDEL and GOWER were hanged at winchester despite the jury asking for mercy for GOWER. during a bank robbery both men fled,GOWER was free and running but REDEL shot and killed a man while trying to escape,both were hanged together despite the plea for mercy,the british judicial system was very inconsistent when it came to deciding who would hang or wouldnt hang
@ashl3yow3n they used the bag for 2 reasons,to give the condemned man dignity in death and to stop them from following the movements of the hangman,it was crucial for a merciful death that the prisoner did not move on the scaffold,two books you may find useful are executioner pierrepoint and "memoirs of a hangman" by Syd Dernley,dernley actually explains the process in great detail,the bag or hood was apparently the most terrifying experience he ever had during training,gl with gcse
CRYING SO DAMN MUCH ... STUPID STUPID STUPID POLICEMEN >:'( ... poor Derek... the thing thats so flippin annoying is that YEARS after he got executed, they realized their mistake and said sorry. STOOPID... -_-;
Watched this in school today. Found it very upsetting how such an inocent and easily lead person could end up being hanged and the real muderer gets 10 years.
why is every body against this guy being killed him and his mate lilled a man on a roof and tryed to kill amother trying to burgle some place. he dceserved it. it was a shame they never hung the other guy as well but hey (thats life)
I can't believe such a innocent man was killed. He never shot the gun, and though the fear his friend said he had that night (Another YT video), it looks like "Let him have it" he meant, "Give him the gun"
Though he has been pardoned, nothing, nothing in the whole world can bring him back
And it's horrible that A innocent soul left earth that fateful day
@Blahblobify yes i no he didnt kill that copper but the goverment took there fatt greedy arses over 40 years to say to derek bentleys family OH SORRY WE LET YOUR SON HANG FOR SUMMIT HE DIDNT DO SO YOU CAN BE ON YOUR WAY NOW by the way read the book about him then you will no what i mean
it takes 45 fucking years to prove derek was innocent? some fucking country we live in eh
its a fucking joke fucking goverment do what ever they want ..in 10 years time we will all be fucked with all these asylem seekers there letting in BASTARDS poor derek and hes family r i p derek my thought are with you and your family forever
WTF are you talking about "45 years to prove him innocent"? Read a bit about the case he wasn't "proven innocent" there was never any question of his involvement. He just wasn't the shooter. The kid who did kill the policeman was under age and not subject to the death penalty.
@2k7lgordon I know this comment is late to reply but if you watch 10 Rillington Place and watch what happens to Tim Evans 3 years before Bentley was hung another example of the justice system gone crazy
@thenewmodfather There was a story that at Tyburn the commended prisoners always stop at a nearby pub to have his last drink of beer before going on to the scaffold - Have a look at another youtube clip called "Tyburn" on a movie about a man going to scaffold.
That custom also happened close to some other sites of public hanging - it ended middle of 19th century.
Bring it back i know the death penalty is not a deterant but we should rid the world of ian huntley and people like him..Ian Brady and Myra Hindley,peter sutcliffe how much have they cost over the years it runs into millions.
As you may see at the end, it shows that his sister continued to say he was innocent, it's just a shame what happened, I really don't understand why some people don't care about the others, Craig should have been hanged.
The fact that it's a true story makes this a really sad film to watch. I'm glad they finally got his name cleared. It's just a shame that it's a bit late for that, they've already murdered an innocent man :(
@assninja100 Actually, It was an alcohol meant to shock his system. Because people used to faint, whereas they couldnt be moved if they fainted, they got out of being hung, the shock to his system with the alcohol prevented him from going faint and therefore getting out of his punishment. Sad film though.
Very sad video. The condemned were not aware that the gallows were right next to there cell. It al happened so fast that they had little time for fear. A most unjust case IMHO.
Albert Pierrepoint (executioner): "I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people... The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off."
Like Gandhi said, "an eye for an eye just leaves the whole world blind."
@Camberwell86 but then in interviews before his death pierrepoint went back on that statement, saying how when he wrote that book britain was going through a rise in crime. both pierrepoint and harry allen (another british hangman) Were pro capital punishment during the last years of their lives.
@Camberwell86 britain was going through a decrease in crime when he wrote the book i meant, but he could see the increase in crime during the late 80s/early 90s
Freddie....I'm told they gave the condemned a large glass of brandy, which large enough and having had no alcohol in the condemned cell for a minimum of three sundays from the day of sentance would get you a litlle disorientated ?
Indeed Pierrepoint might have been honest and said 'it'll be HORRIBLE', but what he did say was part of a technique he used often - helping catch his "clients" off guard and reduce the chances of a death fear struggle.
The movie "Pierrepoint", about the hangman himself and also on YT, depicts him having to hang his own best friend with the words 'you'll be alright, lad'.
That said, this Albert Pierrepoint does seem colder and scarier than Timothy Spall's in the other movie ;}
The guy who killed him was the guy who shot the gun and killed that cop. Watch the hole film coz he couldn't defend him self as he was epileptic and had the mental age of 11. When they asked him questions in the court room he hasn't got a fuckin clue what to say R.I.P Derek
I've just watched this again and am haunted by what happened to this poor soul. He never harmed anyone and the lad who did is now an old man today. Shame on this country for what they did. We can all be easily led as adluts never mind someone with a mental age of just 11 ? !.....you can go on and on about what a painless death a long drop hanging is but I hope they never bring it back here....R .I.P young Derek .
My respect is with Iris Bentley and her father, they fought for his life and even when the government hanged him, they still fought to clear his name, I truly think that this case was unjust and pray that capital punishment goes worldwide. This movie was a great tribute to how Derek Bentley was dragged into a gang. 5/5 stars.
Iwill always hold complete and utter respect for Iris Bentley. Fought until the very end. Unfortunately, she died a month before Bentley's name was cleared. She gave absolutely EVERYTHING up for the justification of her brother's name; all the time, strength, letters, her engagement... He must have meant a lot and this sentence was wrong. I'm glad corporal punishment has gone in the UK and hope it will be gone worldwide because it will be misused like it has been done to Bentley and his family.
i cant belive this happend. but if in the future that we can acutly do time travel. i would go back in time and stop this from ever happening. that is if time travel will ever be invented
I remember this being in all the news papers, & all the radio bulletins at the time. The whole of the UK was in total disbelief. I don't think there was one person in the country who thought that Bentley should hang, nobody except the FUCKING government of the day that is. It's my view that Bentley was hanged as a warning to the youth of that time. If you go around with guns & break into warehouses this could happen to you. It had nothing to do with justice at all. It was 100% political.
@zzzed55 Is that a fact? Well I think you should thank your lucky stars, that it's not the case in the UK today. Or you may well find yourself, or one of your own, going through a trapdoor followed by 6ft of rope! Also learn to write, (found guilty and THE sent) Very intelligent I must say.
What should also be remembered is that an accomplice to murder may have been seen as guilty as the person who committed the crime. However, in this case the issue was that Derek had already been arrested on the roof, so was therefore in CUSTODY & could no longer have been an accomplice when the shooting took place.
@gaysy1st If you had taken the trouble to look rather than trying to be clever you would have noticed that 2 weeks ago I posted a comment condeming the governmet of 52/53 for sending Derek Bentley to the gallows. You see at the time of Bentleys murder by the establishment of the day I was an 11 year old boy. Bentley had the mental age of 11 I can asure you rather than making light of what happend to him I was outraged. It was not me who first used the sentace followed by 6ft of rope butZZZed55
@zzzed55 I think you will find, old fruit, that this country DOES indeed have a bad tempered intolerance and indifference, with people who break the law. That is why we have buildings called prisons. Oh and by the way, like I said before, you really should learn to write, you know. When we start a new sentance, we use a capital letter. When we use the letter ( i ) on it's own, this too should be a capital letter. Toodle pip.
I'm really sorry. You are completely right, I made a mistake & meant to level my comment at zzzed55. I did remove the comment straight away, but I guess it must have still come through to your email. I apologise for offending you.
@funkateerkitty Thank you. I know very well the way the run the prisons in Norway, and I only wish it was the same here too. As you've said it's a very effective system.
You do know that one of the police officers involved made a deathbed confession. Specifically, that the somewhat ambiguous statement, "Let him have it, Chris" was never uttered. "We made that bit up to make it more likely he'd hang."
that poor man it's so ridiculous and stupid that he was executed when he did nothing wrong he should still be alive i hate the police PIGS, SCUM, BASTARDS
2k7lgorodon - In 1998 when Bentley was pardoned, Craig apologised for his actions on the night of 2 November 1952 and to PC Miles's family, and said not a day went by when he didn't think of Bentley. He also hasn't reoffended once since his release in 1963. Yes, two men died because of his actions, but he did the crime, was caught and served the time, let him get on with his life....
it is such a shame that derek died he was innocent but with scientific evidence that the three police lied under aoth derek didnt say let him have it. derek and chris both deined that it was said so even though chris shot the officer and derek got accused of it, it was the officer fought for dereks death.
So if that is true that PC Sidney Miles was accidentally killed by armed police, then Craig should have been imprisoned of attempted murder (of PC Fairfax) and manslaughter (PC Miles) and Bentley a not guilty verdict.... but I still would have jailed Bentley for attempting to break and enter, theft, and possessing an offensive weapon, even though he didn't murder anyone, and had no intention of murdering or attacking anyone.
I'm surprised by the comments here calling for the return of capital punishment. This movie makes a very powerful argument against the death penalty. There are many very wicked people in the world; but there are also many fallible ones, and many vulnerable ones. If the law doesn't take that into account, then we end up with a case like Derek Bentley's. To my mind, the death penalty leaves no margin for error; and that's what scares me.
@joycemiester No. Never said that Bentley should have died. I'm saying I don't believe in the death penalty. It was wrong then and it's wrong now. Ian Huntley should atone for every last day of what he's done; to me, killing him would either be a misguided attempt to get him off society's conscience, or a simple desire for revenge. Neither of which are just.
@eversoplucky I agree, the death penalty can kill innocent people when mistakes are made. However in this case no mistakes where made, the government deliberately abused their power to kill for political gain, the government killed Derek Bently.
Had Craig been old enough to be convicted, Bentley would have escaped with a 7 year prison sentence, not waiting in his cell for one fine morning when Pierrepoint came for him.
They gave them a shot of brandy to calm them a bit. Ruth Ellis' autopsy mentioned an odor of brandy when they opened her intestines following her execution. autopsy.
This is a wrong that can never be put right. Sad to say this was not the only case, in Wales we remember Tim Evans who was hanged for the murders comitted against his wife and child, who were murdered by john christie at 10 Rillington place and Mahoot Matan who was the last man hanged at Cardiff jail.
i ca't believe how emotional i got.. partly because of the injustice in it. even though Craig was under age, i should have been him that got hung, not Bentley. rip x
I was reading that until 1969 a person wasn't considered an adult until they turned 21 under UK law; since Derek was executed in 1953 does that mean that the judge (of that time) sent a child to die?
@wayneypayney a guy was killed by 2 people whilst he couldnt defend himself the 2 guys got 5 years the 2001 rioters were given more than 5 years for throwing bricks at the police
@MissAimeeJayne soa i doing this in drama and the whole class was crying and did you all know that for real the familys clock stopped working at exactly 9:00am and never worked ever again and the father had just winded it the evening before. Im glad Bently got justice .. its a brilliant film explaining this miscaridge of justice.
Bentley was hanged as a way for the government to promote abolition without seeming to,just as ruth ellis was,most of the population was in favour of hanging and this was felt to be the one way of speeding the abolition up.Bentleys was a political execution,not a criminal one.
Although my overall view of Winston Churchill is that of a hero, he was serving his second term as prime minister when this happened. He could've granted clemency. Right guy for the times and a saviour - but a bit of an old bastard as well.
It is because of the extremist authoritarianism of the 1950s and before that we have to put up with extreme liberalism today. An execution of someone like Bentley would be inconceivable today, even if we still had the death penalty. But because this happened the antis can forever point to it as an example of what happens under the death penalty and evil killers like the Yorkshire Ripper, Hindley etc will continue to escape the ultimate justice.
posting comments like'bring back hanging'. Daily Mail anyone? This case highlights the failure of the British legal system and the failure of our society. I feel Bentley was sentenced to death because the judge and jury considered him to be a trouble maker. A lump them in the same category attitude. I can't help but think some of the people posting comments here would have sentenced Bentley to death themselves.
a shameful slur on british justice,mind you. the opposite has happened now,murderers on day release to go shopping after 2 years, killers released to kill again.the trouble with many of these cases they were brought to court to s
@er10b Thats because the actor IS Christopher Eccleston.
SerbianMeerkat 2 weeks ago
4 people don't want to suffer watching someone hang...
er10b 1 month ago
2:05 Is that Puddleglum?
er10b 1 month ago
The guy who is going to hang looks almost like Christopher Eccleston...
er10b 1 month ago
Can't believe christopher Craig was released
AKAgambler360 1 month ago
Derek was innocent. Da ending was very sad though
AKAgambler360 1 month ago
The protesters are good people for trying to help bentley GOOD PEOPLE R.I.P bentley and protesters. oh and cristopher may satan eat your soul for eternity
warcraftguy10 1 month ago
Saw this on TV the other day, and they cut the hanging scene! It jumped straight from "It'll be alright" to the aerial shot...
I remember watching this movie (uncut) in school, and being shocked at the speed at which he went from the holding cell to the actual drop.
Tomsonic41 1 month ago
R.I.P Derek Bentley not a good man by a long shot but innocent and pure
Tropas16 2 months ago
What a fucking waste, criminal in itself.
Gantzer1 2 months ago
Sensational acting from Tom Courtenay
Thackers78 2 months ago
thanks for posting this. this film is emotional. I cannot believe the injustice in this. I hope this Christopher Craig has a concience and thanks his lucky stars he's still living considering he did all the shooting!
Naomi203 2 months ago
derek bently was by no means the only prisoner to be hanged for not actually committing the murder,a couple of years before,two poles,REDEL and GOWER were hanged at winchester despite the jury asking for mercy for GOWER. during a bank robbery both men fled,GOWER was free and running but REDEL shot and killed a man while trying to escape,both were hanged together despite the plea for mercy,the british judicial system was very inconsistent when it came to deciding who would hang or wouldnt hang
DOUG120669 2 months ago
he put the bag on his head so he does not get scared its to cal
m him down so he dies as quick as possible so he doesnt feel pain
CAROLSPAM01 3 months ago
can someone tell me why they put a bag on his head? this is part of gcse
ashl3yow3n 3 months ago
@ashl3yow3n they used the bag for 2 reasons,to give the condemned man dignity in death and to stop them from following the movements of the hangman,it was crucial for a merciful death that the prisoner did not move on the scaffold,two books you may find useful are executioner pierrepoint and "memoirs of a hangman" by Syd Dernley,dernley actually explains the process in great detail,the bag or hood was apparently the most terrifying experience he ever had during training,gl with gcse
DOUG120669 2 months ago
@DOUG120669 thanks man means alot and thanks again for all, :D
ashl3yow3n 2 months ago
CRYING SO DAMN MUCH ... STUPID STUPID STUPID POLICEMEN >:'( ... poor Derek... the thing thats so flippin annoying is that YEARS after he got executed, they realized their mistake and said sorry. STOOPID... -_-;
KuroOkamiOni 3 months ago
Of course he never said 'Let him have it' at all. A policeman who was on the roof admitted this in the late 90s. He was 'verballed'.
ysgol3 4 months ago
one of the most touching films i have ever watched.
R.I.P Derek Bentley.
pardoned 30 July 1998.
ThePeno123 5 months ago
Watched this in school and actually cried :( x
ILoveQueen16 5 months ago
r.ii.p derek bentley and its even harder when he was related 2 ya
EssexBoy019 5 months ago
Watched this in school today. Found it very upsetting how such an inocent and easily lead person could end up being hanged and the real muderer gets 10 years.
gUnNeRs4liFe2k10 5 months ago
nade me start the well up i have so much hate for craig :'(
paradoiemaina 5 months ago
typical sarcastic screw follow me you will allright what a cunt
annabatarowicz 5 months ago
why is every body against this guy being killed him and his mate lilled a man on a roof and tryed to kill amother trying to burgle some place. he dceserved it. it was a shame they never hung the other guy as well but hey (thats life)
annabatarowicz 5 months ago
@thatguystefan
Whiskey to numb the thoughts
superman5051 5 months ago
you follow me lad, itll be alright. how could it be worse?
butterz2butterz2 6 months ago
i had to watch this for history so thank you for uploading i also cried !!!!! :'(
josied1996 6 months ago
Great film, so sad, how on earth they could execute this poor boy is beyond me.
Quick question, what is the drink he is forced to drink just seconds before he is hung?
thatguystefan 6 months ago
@thatguy stefan brandy has always been used prior to a execution.as to stimulate the mind into not being aware of the forhcoming event
bobman10100 3 months ago
@thatguystefan probably a bit of alcohol to calm his nerves.
er10b 1 month ago
I can't believe such a innocent man was killed. He never shot the gun, and though the fear his friend said he had that night (Another YT video), it looks like "Let him have it" he meant, "Give him the gun"
Though he has been pardoned, nothing, nothing in the whole world can bring him back
And it's horrible that A innocent soul left earth that fateful day
Plutotheeevee13 7 months ago
@Blahblobify 45 years for them to pardon him you arsehole what are you ? a border jumper
MultiPlayaaa 7 months ago
@Blahblobify yes i no he didnt kill that copper but the goverment took there fatt greedy arses over 40 years to say to derek bentleys family OH SORRY WE LET YOUR SON HANG FOR SUMMIT HE DIDNT DO SO YOU CAN BE ON YOUR WAY NOW by the way read the book about him then you will no what i mean
MultiPlayaaa 7 months ago
it takes 45 fucking years to prove derek was innocent? some fucking country we live in eh
its a fucking joke fucking goverment do what ever they want ..in 10 years time we will all be fucked with all these asylem seekers there letting in BASTARDS poor derek and hes family r i p derek my thought are with you and your family forever
MultiPlayaaa 7 months ago
@MultiPlayaaa
WTF are you talking about "45 years to prove him innocent"? Read a bit about the case he wasn't "proven innocent" there was never any question of his involvement. He just wasn't the shooter. The kid who did kill the policeman was under age and not subject to the death penalty.
Blahblobify 7 months ago
this is so sad :(
Chloe3237 7 months ago
@iFuzeVengence i havent got a clue
danielthomasslade 7 months ago
@iFuzeVengence its nice to see you do. most people seemed more interested in the criminals.
danielthomasslade 7 months ago
whoever finds this funny you dirty bastards you ashould all be killed
Tropas16 8 months ago
They didn't wear brothel creepers in 1953.
MrCagivaman 8 months ago
@2k7lgordon i remmber seeing this in year 10 an my teacher say that craig could still be alive but where he feal any regrate for it we may never no
kingelf3 8 months ago
@kingelf3 He is still alive and he lives in Bedford.
MrCagivaman 8 months ago
The Case of R v Secretary of State exparte Bentley . It was after 40 years the conviction was quashed.
estherliewian 9 months ago
does anyone remember the murdered policemans name?
danielthomasslade 9 months ago
@2k7lgordon because he said to craig let him have it, guilty as charged.
Thenicereviewguy 9 months ago
@2k7lgordon I know this comment is late to reply but if you watch 10 Rillington Place and watch what happens to Tim Evans 3 years before Bentley was hung another example of the justice system gone crazy
DrLeonardBonesMcCoy 9 months ago 2
lord chief justice,u r suck..because of u,life of an innocent ppl had been taken away..
kenjikigi 9 months ago
why did he have to drink that?
audveltadmuna 10 months ago
@audveltadmuna to steady his nerves everyody who was executed ws given a glass of brandy before
thenewmodfather 9 months ago
@thenewmodfather There was a story that at Tyburn the commended prisoners always stop at a nearby pub to have his last drink of beer before going on to the scaffold - Have a look at another youtube clip called "Tyburn" on a movie about a man going to scaffold.
That custom also happened close to some other sites of public hanging - it ended middle of 19th century.
DavBlc7 8 months ago
poor kid :(
CaughtInTheRapture25 10 months ago
Such injustice. What a terrible tragedy. Very sickening.
dirtynuke 10 months ago
Bring it back i know the death penalty is not a deterant but we should rid the world of ian huntley and people like him..Ian Brady and Myra Hindley,peter sutcliffe how much have they cost over the years it runs into millions.
LokiV 10 months ago
saddest video ever
TheTabshirEmperor 11 months ago
@2k7lgordon Actually, a book written in 1971 by David Yallop suggests that the bullet that killed PC Miles didn't even come from Craigs gun.
ElijahsImpact 11 months ago
@ElijahsImpact It is also a fact that the bullet which killed PC Miles was never found.
MrJohnop 11 months ago
As you may see at the end, it shows that his sister continued to say he was innocent, it's just a shame what happened, I really don't understand why some people don't care about the others, Craig should have been hanged.
AqwDoomBoss 11 months ago
i find the last scene so haunting.. as if it's his spirit is coming to visit his family....
margaretannmacleod 1 year ago
May the judged be the judges when they rot down in hell.
tigerspuds 1 year ago 3
The fact that it's a true story makes this a really sad film to watch. I'm glad they finally got his name cleared. It's just a shame that it's a bit late for that, they've already murdered an innocent man :(
PsychoGirlHere 1 year ago 2
I thought the drink was poison in case the rope broke or something.
KieranPolland 1 year ago
The 2 people to dislike have no heart. This is such a sad story, i feel sorry for Derek
JLTVstaff 1 year ago
@assninja100 Actually, It was an alcohol meant to shock his system. Because people used to faint, whereas they couldnt be moved if they fainted, they got out of being hung, the shock to his system with the alcohol prevented him from going faint and therefore getting out of his punishment. Sad film though.
CameronHotspurs 1 year ago
Thank you very much for a lucky opportunity to see this interesting movie.
brtrauff 1 year ago
Anyone know what was the liquid that was given to Derek before he was hanged?
roybatty100 1 year ago
His sister fought and he was found innocent and allowed to be buried - well a proper burial. He also had learning difficulties......such a sad film.
messyblondemid90s 1 year ago 2
only 10 years and the innocent man died wtf
leiscwf 1 year ago
Very sad video. The condemned were not aware that the gallows were right next to there cell. It al happened so fast that they had little time for fear. A most unjust case IMHO.
98katman 1 year ago 2
Albert Pierrepoint (executioner): "I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people... The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off."
Like Gandhi said, "an eye for an eye just leaves the whole world blind."
Camberwell86 1 year ago 10
@Camberwell86 but then in interviews before his death pierrepoint went back on that statement, saying how when he wrote that book britain was going through a rise in crime. both pierrepoint and harry allen (another british hangman) Were pro capital punishment during the last years of their lives.
lewisb187 4 months ago
@Camberwell86 britain was going through a decrease in crime when he wrote the book i meant, but he could see the increase in crime during the late 80s/early 90s
lewisb187 4 months ago
Cried my absolute eyes out today watching this film in school. Even the boys were sniffling.
What an awful end to his innocent life.
Kat531 1 year ago 17
They should hang people today.
OtakuXCore 1 year ago
Freddie....I'm told they gave the condemned a large glass of brandy, which large enough and having had no alcohol in the condemned cell for a minimum of three sundays from the day of sentance would get you a litlle disorientated ?
steve7395 1 year ago
what's the drink they gave him?
Freddie94Woods 1 year ago
@Freddie94Woods - a shot of whiskey. Just to calm the nerves and numb the neck a bit, I guess.
Camberwell86 1 year ago
"Follow me, lad. It'll be all right."
All RIGHT?! Such meaningless words!
lasaboteuse 1 year ago
Indeed Pierrepoint might have been honest and said 'it'll be HORRIBLE', but what he did say was part of a technique he used often - helping catch his "clients" off guard and reduce the chances of a death fear struggle.
The movie "Pierrepoint", about the hangman himself and also on YT, depicts him having to hang his own best friend with the words 'you'll be alright, lad'.
That said, this Albert Pierrepoint does seem colder and scarier than Timothy Spall's in the other movie ;}
Lestatler 1 year ago
The guy who killed him was the guy who shot the gun and killed that cop. Watch the hole film coz he couldn't defend him self as he was epileptic and had the mental age of 11. When they asked him questions in the court room he hasn't got a fuckin clue what to say R.I.P Derek
PuLsE8331 1 year ago
I've just watched this again and am haunted by what happened to this poor soul. He never harmed anyone and the lad who did is now an old man today. Shame on this country for what they did. We can all be easily led as adluts never mind someone with a mental age of just 11 ? !.....you can go on and on about what a painless death a long drop hanging is but I hope they never bring it back here....R .I.P young Derek .
steve7395 1 year ago 2
It's so sad when his little shoes fall off, he never did anything wrong in the real.
ElKitKat 1 year ago
@funkateerkitty Shut up about Norway seriously, the death penalty is a unjust, WRONG punishment for several reasons.
1. If one commits a murder that is unforgivable, why give them the option of death, why not let them rot in a cell?
2. If one is convinced of a murder, and they are found innocent, then surely it an unjust move to kill an innocent person!
MrMegalolz666 1 year ago 2
My respect is with Iris Bentley and her father, they fought for his life and even when the government hanged him, they still fought to clear his name, I truly think that this case was unjust and pray that capital punishment goes worldwide. This movie was a great tribute to how Derek Bentley was dragged into a gang. 5/5 stars.
MrMegalolz666 1 year ago 3
Iwill always hold complete and utter respect for Iris Bentley. Fought until the very end. Unfortunately, she died a month before Bentley's name was cleared. She gave absolutely EVERYTHING up for the justification of her brother's name; all the time, strength, letters, her engagement... He must have meant a lot and this sentence was wrong. I'm glad corporal punishment has gone in the UK and hope it will be gone worldwide because it will be misused like it has been done to Bentley and his family.
CarlyyCatty 1 year ago 4
his family pressuring him to go outside must have weighed heavy on there hearts
n8tivguitar 1 year ago
Bentley was indeed innocent of murder. Christopher Craig shot and killed PC Miles,
but Craig`s age saved him from the gallows. Rough Justice.
TheWhitehall 1 year ago
i cant belive this happend. but if in the future that we can acutly do time travel. i would go back in time and stop this from ever happening. that is if time travel will ever be invented
jameskitt15 1 year ago
@jameskitt15 pahahahaha! What a silly thing to say!
blutac20 1 year ago
I remember this being in all the news papers, & all the radio bulletins at the time. The whole of the UK was in total disbelief. I don't think there was one person in the country who thought that Bentley should hang, nobody except the FUCKING government of the day that is. It's my view that Bentley was hanged as a warning to the youth of that time. If you go around with guns & break into warehouses this could happen to you. It had nothing to do with justice at all. It was 100% political.
MrJohnop 1 year ago
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zzzed55 1 year ago
@zzzed55 Is that a fact? Well I think you should thank your lucky stars, that it's not the case in the UK today. Or you may well find yourself, or one of your own, going through a trapdoor followed by 6ft of rope! Also learn to write, (found guilty and THE sent) Very intelligent I must say.
MrJohnop 1 year ago
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gaysy1st 1 year ago
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gaysy1st 1 year ago
@zzzed55
What should also be remembered is that an accomplice to murder may have been seen as guilty as the person who committed the crime. However, in this case the issue was that Derek had already been arrested on the roof, so was therefore in CUSTODY & could no longer have been an accomplice when the shooting took place.
gaysy1st 1 year ago
@gaysy1st If you had taken the trouble to look rather than trying to be clever you would have noticed that 2 weeks ago I posted a comment condeming the governmet of 52/53 for sending Derek Bentley to the gallows. You see at the time of Bentleys murder by the establishment of the day I was an 11 year old boy. Bentley had the mental age of 11 I can asure you rather than making light of what happend to him I was outraged. It was not me who first used the sentace followed by 6ft of rope butZZZed55
MrJohnop 1 year ago
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zzzed55 1 year ago
@zzzed55 I think you will find, old fruit, that this country DOES indeed have a bad tempered intolerance and indifference, with people who break the law. That is why we have buildings called prisons. Oh and by the way, like I said before, you really should learn to write, you know. When we start a new sentance, we use a capital letter. When we use the letter ( i ) on it's own, this too should be a capital letter. Toodle pip.
MrJohnop 1 year ago
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zzzed55 1 year ago
@MrJohnop
I'm really sorry. You are completely right, I made a mistake & meant to level my comment at zzzed55. I did remove the comment straight away, but I guess it must have still come through to your email. I apologise for offending you.
gaysy1 1 year ago
@gaysy1 That's no problem friend, and you have my total respect. It takes a big person to admit they we're wrong, and I accept your apology.
MrJohnop 1 year ago
@MrJohnop
Thank you for accepting my apology MrJohnop. I am very grateful you have been so forgiving. Bless you.
gaysy1 1 year ago
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zzzed55 1 year ago
@MrJohnop My Answer to this problem is what I said before sir...
Please check out the way they run prisons in Norway...
It is Incredible and Effective too!
One of the Lowest Murder Rates & Great Place for the People.
funkateerkitty 1 year ago
@funkateerkitty Thank you. I know very well the way the run the prisons in Norway, and I only wish it was the same here too. As you've said it's a very effective system.
MrJohnop 1 year ago
capital punishment is simply repugnent, and I'm glad we no longer have it anywhere in Australia.
Bernie8330 1 year ago
@Bernie8330 Please check out the way they run prisons in Norway...
It is Incredible and Effective too!
One of the Lowest Murder Rates & Great Place for the People.
funkateerkitty 1 year ago
I cried SO HARD when we watched this in English last year. RIP Derek, I hope that the moral from your execution is never forgotten.
ADEMruinedmylife909 1 year ago
I felt sad watching this mentally I was in their living room with my arms around them also as I should imagine was every other seeing this.
Poldark3 1 year ago
I cant believe someone could kill a 19 year old kid in cold blood like that.
mooton 1 year ago
You do know that one of the police officers involved made a deathbed confession. Specifically, that the somewhat ambiguous statement, "Let him have it, Chris" was never uttered. "We made that bit up to make it more likely he'd hang."
Jackthesmilingblack 1 year ago
that poor man it's so ridiculous and stupid that he was executed when he did nothing wrong he should still be alive i hate the police PIGS, SCUM, BASTARDS
putty1994 1 year ago
1 year after his execution the punishment was baned
AlexnJoeproductions 1 year ago
How is it that Chris Craig didn't get hung and Bentley did?
CharmedRebel123 2 years ago
@CharmedRebel123 He was sixteen and you'd have to be over 18 to be hung, and Bentley was 19...
gothicemochick123 2 years ago
@CharmedRebel123 Chris was underage, he was 16. Bentley was 19, so he was legally an adult
smaginn 2 years ago
@CharmedRebel123 chris craig was too young to be executed
AlexnJoeproductions 1 year ago
Chris was only 16 years old, 18 was the minimum age, Bentley was 19
valkyrin 1 year ago
it upsets me. it happens so quikly
glubwartfire1 2 years ago 2
what do you guys think he meant by 'let him have it'?
johncoaster 2 years ago
@johncoaster I don't think he ever said it.
smaginn 2 years ago
obviously he meant "let him have the gun"
joycemiester 1 year ago
2k7lgorodon - In 1998 when Bentley was pardoned, Craig apologised for his actions on the night of 2 November 1952 and to PC Miles's family, and said not a day went by when he didn't think of Bentley. He also hasn't reoffended once since his release in 1963. Yes, two men died because of his actions, but he did the crime, was caught and served the time, let him get on with his life....
Kevinasp 2 years ago
it is such a shame that derek died he was innocent but with scientific evidence that the three police lied under aoth derek didnt say let him have it. derek and chris both deined that it was said so even though chris shot the officer and derek got accused of it, it was the officer fought for dereks death.
lew229x 2 years ago
yep.
imzie1 2 years ago
Bentley was cleared in July 1998, 45 and a half years later..
Kevinasp 2 years ago
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So if that is true that PC Sidney Miles was accidentally killed by armed police, then Craig should have been imprisoned of attempted murder (of PC Fairfax) and manslaughter (PC Miles) and Bentley a not guilty verdict.... but I still would have jailed Bentley for attempting to break and enter, theft, and possessing an offensive weapon, even though he didn't murder anyone, and had no intention of murdering or attacking anyone.
Kevinasp 2 years ago
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Kevinasp 2 years ago
i prefer chris ecclestone in this to dr who
Ol09Ash 2 years ago
we r learning about this at skwl in drama
bigpawusa 2 years ago
I'm surprised by the comments here calling for the return of capital punishment. This movie makes a very powerful argument against the death penalty. There are many very wicked people in the world; but there are also many fallible ones, and many vulnerable ones. If the law doesn't take that into account, then we end up with a case like Derek Bentley's. To my mind, the death penalty leaves no margin for error; and that's what scares me.
eversoplucky 2 years ago
so ian huntly should have a good life? and derek bentley shoud of died??
joycemiester 1 year ago
@joycemiester No. Never said that Bentley should have died. I'm saying I don't believe in the death penalty. It was wrong then and it's wrong now. Ian Huntley should atone for every last day of what he's done; to me, killing him would either be a misguided attempt to get him off society's conscience, or a simple desire for revenge. Neither of which are just.
eversoplucky 1 year ago
@eversoplucky I agree, the death penalty can kill innocent people when mistakes are made. However in this case no mistakes where made, the government deliberately abused their power to kill for political gain, the government killed Derek Bently.
boertush 1 year ago
capital punishment should be re-introduced in the u.k
poor boy here didn't deserve it, while in todays society, ian huntley should be hung instead of having the live of luxury in jail
joycemiester 2 years ago
asshole
putty1994 1 year ago
how??
joycemiester 1 year ago
You follow me lad, itll be reet.
Had Craig been old enough to be convicted, Bentley would have escaped with a 7 year prison sentence, not waiting in his cell for one fine morning when Pierrepoint came for him.
Dessan01 2 years ago
Beautiful Film...
Thanks for Sharing
ib456 2 years ago
God Bless Him
ib456 2 years ago
What did they need to drink?
MrGameUploader 2 years ago
@MrGameUploader
They gave them a shot of brandy to calm them a bit. Ruth Ellis' autopsy mentioned an odor of brandy when they opened her intestines following her execution. autopsy.
BadgerinSC 2 years ago
@BadgerinSC Calm them on the way to the chamber or drunk them a bit so the hanging wouldnt hurt?
MrGameUploader 2 years ago
@MrGameUploader
Calm them a bit on the way to the gallows. They suspect the death is nearly instantaneous, but then, no one's lived to verify this.
BadgerinSC 2 years ago
whats the song they were singign i need it for my essay
EdwardSingMeALullaby 2 years ago
Abide with Me.
BadgerinSC 2 years ago
This is a wrong that can never be put right. Sad to say this was not the only case, in Wales we remember Tim Evans who was hanged for the murders comitted against his wife and child, who were murdered by john christie at 10 Rillington place and Mahoot Matan who was the last man hanged at Cardiff jail.
Rest in peace Gentlemen
mush1955 2 years ago
That prick walked in to a police station and confessed to the murders. His own fault, definately not a reason to abolish the death penalty.
Terminator860 2 years ago
what prick, bentley? he had something wrong with him you know
joycemiester 2 years ago
1:50
TokerTom 2 years ago
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TokerTom 2 years ago
this is based on a true story..thats the scary part
i had tears in my eyes
WazzyBear20 2 years ago 3
that poor family.
R I P Derek Bentley
Jimpsterz 2 years ago 3
i ca't believe how emotional i got.. partly because of the injustice in it. even though Craig was under age, i should have been him that got hung, not Bentley. rip x
francescalombardelli 2 years ago 4
I was reading that until 1969 a person wasn't considered an adult until they turned 21 under UK law; since Derek was executed in 1953 does that mean that the judge (of that time) sent a child to die?
qwertasdcfghjklmo24z 2 years ago 4
at least his name was cleared in the end.
and he would of been a free man today
wayneypayney 2 years ago 15
@wayneypayney what year was his name cleared. what year was the movie made?
n8tivguitar 1 year ago
R.I.P derek
this would never happen today
rapists and murderers getting off all the time, even child killers.
derek was innocent
and had the mind of a 10 year old.
armed robbers today get just 7 years
and derek never killed anyone.
R.I.P
wayneypayney 2 years ago 23
@wayneypayney sadly this sort of miscarriage of justice still happens today...as long as there is the death penalty.
itkapatanka 1 year ago
@wayneypayney a guy was killed by 2 people whilst he couldnt defend himself the 2 guys got 5 years the 2001 rioters were given more than 5 years for throwing bricks at the police
muslim123ish 1 year ago
im studying this for drama and any1 who can watch it and say that they didn't feel sorry 4 him must be cold :(
sophie160896 2 years ago 5
im doing all about this in drama and watched it todai and cried, i so want to kill the fuckers who did it, he had the mental age of 11 very sad
MissAimeeJayne 2 years ago 2
@MissAimeeJayne soa i doing this in drama and the whole class was crying and did you all know that for real the familys clock stopped working at exactly 9:00am and never worked ever again and the father had just winded it the evening before. Im glad Bently got justice .. its a brilliant film explaining this miscaridge of justice.
Bexieftw 2 years ago
Funny how Ruth Ellis happend less than two years later.
JRGrange25 2 years ago
Bentley was hanged as a way for the government to promote abolition without seeming to,just as ruth ellis was,most of the population was in favour of hanging and this was felt to be the one way of speeding the abolition up.Bentleys was a political execution,not a criminal one.
DOUG120669 2 years ago
Although my overall view of Winston Churchill is that of a hero, he was serving his second term as prime minister when this happened. He could've granted clemency. Right guy for the times and a saviour - but a bit of an old bastard as well.
gorgeousaldo2007 2 years ago 2
It is because of the extremist authoritarianism of the 1950s and before that we have to put up with extreme liberalism today. An execution of someone like Bentley would be inconceivable today, even if we still had the death penalty. But because this happened the antis can forever point to it as an example of what happens under the death penalty and evil killers like the Yorkshire Ripper, Hindley etc will continue to escape the ultimate justice.
gorgeousaldo2007 2 years ago 3
well said
blade0954 2 years ago
A number of ignorant people are
posting comments like'bring back hanging'. Daily Mail anyone? This case highlights the failure of the British legal system and the failure of our society. I feel Bentley was sentenced to death because the judge and jury considered him to be a trouble maker. A lump them in the same category attitude. I can't help but think some of the people posting comments here would have sentenced Bentley to death themselves.
annapkhar 2 years ago 2
a shameful slur on british justice,mind you. the opposite has happened now,murderers on day release to go shopping after 2 years, killers released to kill again.the trouble with many of these cases they were brought to court to s