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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Let Him Have It is a 1991 British drama directed by Peter Medak, based on the true story of Derek Bentley.Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston) is an illiterate, epileptic, mentally disabled young adult who falls into a gang led by a 16 year old student, Christopher Craig (Paul Reynolds). While breaking into a warehouse, Craig shoots and kills a police officer, PC Sidney Miles, resulting in Britain's most controversial court case.
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Axes at School
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Axes at School: Craig's class is carrying guns in school. Craig trades a Detective Special to another student for a Luger. The teacher later forces them to put the guns on his desk, and notices one is a flare gun.
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Disproportionate Retribution: Bentley is sentenced to hang for PC Miles' murder, despite being arrested by then, while the actual gunman, Craig, spent a total of ten years in prison due to being a minor.
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Ambiguous Syntax: Derek shouting "Let him have it". To this day, it is unclear if he meant it literally, as in "surrender the gun" (as argued by his defense) or figuratively, as in "shoot him" (as argued by the prosecution).
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Black Cap of Death: The judge puts on the customary black cap before sentencing Derek to hang.
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Acquitted Too Late
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Acquitted Too Late: Bentley received a pardon in 1998, decades after his execution, seven years after the movie was made and one year after his sister Iris' death.
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