Derrick Gregory

Derrick Gregory (1949 in Ealing, London – 21 July 1989, Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur) was an English drug smuggler who was hanged in Malaysia in 1989.

This article is about the drug smuggler. For the academic, see Derek Gregory.

Derrick Gregory
Born1949 (1949)
Ealing, London, England
Died(1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 39)
Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NationalityBritish
Known forThird Westerner hanged under Malaysian anti-drug laws despite having an intellectual disability
Criminal chargesDrug smuggling
Criminal penaltyCapital punishment by hanging
Children1

Gregory became the third Westerner to be hanged under Malaysia's tough anti-drugs laws. His hanging was carried out three years after the Barlow and Chambers execution. Some reports described him as being the first Briton to be hanged under Malaysia's drugs laws, but Kevin Barlow had joint Australian–British nationality.

Controversy surrounded Gregory's case due to evidence of his intellectual disability since childhood.

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