Lord Lucan was the last person convicted by a coroner

On June 19, 1975, a British coroner's court made legal history by naming Richard John Bingham, the seventh Earl of Lucan, as the murderer of Sandra Rivett. The 29 year old nanny had been bludgeoned to death in the basement of the Lucan family home in Belgravia. While coroners usually determine the cause of death rather than criminal guilt, they held the ancient power to name a murderer until the law was changed shortly after this case.