prisons for the brutal murder of a paper boy.The Glasgow mum was aged just 30 when she was ordered to the gallows of the now-demolished Duke Street Prison in 1923.Newell has been branded as one of the most evil women in Scottish history for the callous nature in which she murdered 13-year-old John Johnstone.At around 7pm on June 20, 1923, the youngster chapped on the door of Newell’s Coatbridge home - which she shared with her husband John Newell and her eight-year-old daughter Janet McLeod.Susan invited John into the home and it was the last time that anyone saw him alive.Neighbours reportedly heard loud thumps as Newell scrambled to dispose of the teen’s body.
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