Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Alan_West" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Murder of John Alan West">murder of John Alan West</a> becoming the last people <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Capital punishment in the United Kingdom">executed in the United Kingdom</a>.