Neville Heath
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Neville Heath
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| Born |
Neville George Clevely Heath June 6, 1917 Essex, England |
| Died | October 16, 1946 (aged 29) Pentonville Prison, London, England |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Other names | The Lady Killer |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 2 |
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Span of killings
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1946–1946 |
| Country | England, UK |
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Date apprehended
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1946 |
Neville George Clevely Heath (6 June 1917 – 16 October 1946) was an English murderer who was responsible for the deaths of two young women. He was executed in London in 1946.
Heath was born in Ilford in Essex, England. Although he came from a lower middle class background, his father, who was a barber, made considerable financial sacrifices so that he could attend a grammar school, Rutlish School, at Merton Park, southwest London.
He joined the Royal Air Force in 1937, but was dismissed for going absent without leave. He was caught obtaining credit by fraud, and six months later was sent to a borstal for housebreaking and forgery. He used a number of aliases, including Lord Dudley and Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong.
At the beginning of the Second World War, Heath joined the Royal Army Service Corps and was posted to the Middle East. He lasted less than a year. He was shipped home, but on his way he escaped the guard and headed for Johannesburg where he joined the South African Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He married, and the couple had a son, but at the end of the war his wife divorced him on grounds of desertion. He was also court martialled, for wearing medals to which he was not entitled. He returned to England in 1946.
In the summer of 1946, Heath dated the South African actress Moira Lister. The Scottish actress Molly Weir also claimed that Heath had tried to chat her up at Bobby's Department Store in Bournemouth in July 1946.
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