As per our current Database, Derek Bentley is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Derek Bentley is 91 years, 2 months and 20 days old. Derek Bentley will celebrate 92rd birthday on a Monday 30th of June 2025. Below we countdown to Derek Bentley upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Derek Bentley |
Occupation | Criminal |
Age | 91 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Born | June 30, 1933 (England) |
Birthday | June 30 |
Town/City | England |
Nationality | England |
Derek Bentley’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Derek Bentley was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
English criminal who was hanged for his role in the murder of a police officer in 1952. The fact that it was his accomplice, rather than himself, who fired the fatal gunshot made his murder case the subject of much controversy.
He had many health issues and sustained major head injuries after the house he was living in was bombed during World War II.
He received a posthumous royal pardon with respect to his death sentence in 1993. In 1998, his murder conviction was entirely quashed.
He had a sister named Iris, who publicly fought for his pardoning.
He was portrayed by Christopher Eccleston in the 1991 film Let Him Have It.