conviction_status death_date death_place conviction birth_place alias image_size cause charge conviction_penalty image_caption birth_date article_title name occupation image_name
executed 05 november 1959 wandsworth prison , london murder berlin , germany mike colato 200 hanging murder death guenther podola in 1959 08 february 1929 guenther podola
 guenther fritz erwin podola thief guentherpodola.jpg
guenther podola

guenther fritz erwin podola -lrb- 8 february 1929 -- 5 november 1959 -rrb- was a german-born petty thief , and the last man to be hanged in britain for killing a police officer .
his trial was notable and controversial because of his defence of amnesia and the use of expert witnesses to determine whether his illness was real .
