Anthony Miller (murderer)

Anthony Joseph Miller
Born1941
Died22 December 1960 (age 19)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
ConvictionCapital murder
Criminal penaltyDeath

Anthony Joseph Miller (1941 – 22 December 1960) became the second-last criminal to be executed in Scotland when he was hanged at Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison on 22 December 1960. Miller had been convicted of murdering John Cremin at Queen's Park Recreation Ground (near Hampden Park) in Glasgow on 6 April 1960. Miller, who was 19 when he was hanged, was the last teenager to be executed in the United Kingdom.

At the time of his arrest, he was an apprentice cabinet-maker who lived with his family in Dixon Road in Crosshill, in the South Side of Glasgow. Miller's accomplice James Denovan and his family lived in Calder Street in nearby Govanhill.