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Celestina Sommer (née Christmas; 1 July 1827 – 11 April 1859) was a Victorian murderer, notorious as much for her escape from the death penalty as for the murder of her only daughter.[citation needed] Known as the Islington Murderess, she became an international cause célèbre, examined in the world's press, both houses of the British Parliament, and even Queen Victoria's inner circle.[citation needed] Her case, recently rediscovered,[citation needed] reignited the fierce debates on crime and insanity, capital punishment, and crime and gender.[citation needed]