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- Tony Teare, 24, was sentenced to death in Douglas two years ago for the contract killing of Corrine Bentley, 22. He was paid pounds 600 to cut her throat. The death penalty was imposed months before the island abolished capital punishment for murder. Teare won a retrial but was ordered to serve at least 12 years after again being convicted.
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Apr 26, 1994 · Tony Teare, 24, was sentenced to death in Douglas two years ago for the contract killing of Corrine Bentley, 22. He was paid pounds 600 to cut her throat.
- Death sentence man 'denied legal expertise' - The Independent
THE HOME Secretary has been asked to intervene in the case...
- Death sentence man 'denied legal expertise' - The Independent
Oct 2, 1992 · THE HOME Secretary has been asked to intervene in the case of Tony Teare, the teenager sentenced to hang by a court in the Isle of Man - the last place in the British Isles to maintain capital...
May 24, 2022 · The last death sentence, passed on Tony Teare in 1992, was the final example of a mandatory death sentence being passed when all concerned knew that the UK government would never allow it to be carried out.
Apr 30, 2012 · I was wondering if anyone knew if tony teare has been released from prison as his name cropped up in a conversation today with a couple of friends and was initially unrelated to his crime but more to do with a place he used to work.
Aug 28, 2015 · Two weeks earlier the last death sentence in the UK had been handed down in the Isle of Man, to a man named Tony Teare found guilty of the contract killing of a young woman. The Queen exercised her royal prerogative to commute the sentence, and Teare was instead sent to prison for life.
- Ciaran Conliffe
Jul 10, 1992 · Murderer sentenced to death; ISLE OF MAN Douglas BV Tony Teare out of van with police as covered with blanket & into court PAN Court scenes SKETCH Judge SKETCH Teare STILL Corinne Bentley... Get premium, high-resolution news videos at Getty Images
The last person to be sentenced to death on the Isle of Man (and anywhere in the British Isles) was Anthony Robin Denys Teare, at the Court of General Gaol Delivery in Douglas, in 1992. Teare was paid £ 600 to kill Corinne Bentley, the victim of a family row. Teare lured her to a remote spot and cut her throat with a modelling knife.
