Jean Lee | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Jean_Lee_police_identification_photograph_Nov_1949.jpg) Lee after her arrest (November 1949) | |
| Born | Marjorie Jean Maude Wright 10 December 1919 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 19 February 1951 (aged 31) HM Prison Pentridge, Coburg, Victoria, Australia |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Other names | Marjorie Jean Brees, Mrs. H. Pearce, Jean Deacon, Jean White, Marie Williams, Marjorie Lee, Jean Duncan, Jean Brown, Jean Smith, 'Skinny Jean', Mesha Vetos |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Jean Lee (10 December 1919 – 19 February 1951) was an Australian murderer who, together with her lover Robert Clayton and accomplice Norman Andrews, was convicted for the 1949 killing of William 'Pop' Kent, an SP bookmaker from the Melbourne suburb of Carlton. The victim was bound to a chair, tortured with the aim of finding hidden money, and finally strangled. All three were convicted and sentenced to death in March 1950. They were hanged eleven months later at Pentridge Gaol. Lee was the last woman to be executed in Australia.