Complex sentence: Chaplain Cyrill Everitt attended the double hanging and in 1986, shortly before his death, he revealed that Lucas'head was "nearly torn right off" because the hangman had miscalculated the man's weight.
Split into simpler sentences: Chaplain Cyrill Everitt attended the double hanging and in 1986. Shortly before his death, he revealed that Lucas'head was "nearly torn right off" because the hangman had miscalculated the man's weight.