death_date conviction cause nationality birth_date victims conviction_status death_place birth_name conviction_penalty spouse image name caption resting_place birth_place partner motive article_title charge
09 january 1923 murder -lrb- 11 december 1922 -rrb- execution by hanging united kingdom 25 december 1893 percy thompson executed hmp holloway , london edith jessie graydon death percy thompson freddy bywaters , edith thompson , percy thompson.jpg edith thompson freddy in july 1921 bywaters , edith thompson , and percy thompson brookwood cemetery , surrey , england dalston , london freddy bywaters '' crime passionel '' edith thompson and frederick bywaters
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edith thompson and frederick bywaters

edith jessie thompson -lrb- 25 december 1893 -- 9 january 1923 -rrb- and frederick edward francis bywaters -lrb- 27 june 1902 -- 9 january 1923 -rrb- were a british couple executed for the murder of thompson 's husband percy .
their case became a cause célèbre .
