John Straffen was born on 27 February 1930 in Bordon Camp, Hampshire, England, UK. He died on 19 November 2007 in Frankland Prison, Brasside, Durham, County Durham, England, UK.
Was sentenced to death in 1952 and then spent the next 55 years in prison (until his death in prison in 2007) after his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.