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- Henry John Burnett (5 January 1942 – 15 August 1963) was the last man to be hanged in Scotland, and the first in Aberdeen since 1891. He was tried at the high court in Aberdeen from 23 to 25 July 1963 for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas Guyan. His execution, at HM Prison, Craiginches, Aberdeen, was performed by hangman Harry Allen.
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Henry John Burnett (5 January 1942 – 15 August 1963) was the last man to be hanged in Scotland, and the first in Aberdeen since 1891. He was tried at the high court in Aberdeen from 23 to 25 July 1963 for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas Guyan.
Aug 11, 2020 · On May 31 1963, the 21-year-old blasted Thomas Guyan in the face with a shotgun, the tragic outcome of a complex love triangle. Henry John Burnett. Burnett had fallen for Guyan’s wife,...
Aug 15, 2023 · Burnett was sentenced to death at the High Court in Aberdeen on July 25 1963 for murdering seaman Thomas Guyan in an impulsive crime of passion. Henry John Burnett, the man hanged for the...
Jul 1, 2023 · Burnett was one of 34 people hanged in Scotland in the 20th century. The argument for capital punishment in his case hinged upon the use of a gun in killing Thomas Guyan.
- Norman Silvester
Nov 7, 2015 · IN August 1963, a 21-year-old man called Henry John Burnett was hanged in Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen for the murder of his girlfriend's husband. Two years later, capital...
Aug 14, 2013 · Henry "Harry" Burnett died at the hands of the hangman on 15 August 1963. Since that day 50 years ago, the words "judicial hanging" have never appeared again on a death certificate issued in...
21 year old Henry Burnett became the last person hanged in Scotland in the newly constructed Condemned Suite at Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen at 8 am. on Thursday the 15th of August 1963. He was to die for the murder of 27 year old merchant seaman, Thomas Guyan , on the 31st of May 1963.
