 (see  _Dance with a Stranger (1985)_ (qv)). Britain never had a "last  hangman", as the last two executions before suspension of capital  punishment were carried out in different cities at the same time. As  the last two people executed were both guilty of the murder of John  West, it was decided to carry out sentence at the same time in Aug  1964. In Nov 1965 People were still being sentenced to death.