The Re-Trial of Colonel Francis Hacker, REGICIDE.

As part of the Siege of Leicester 380th Anniversary events Colonel Francis Hacker, defender of Leicester, who stands accused by King Charles II will be re-tried in a dramatic re-examination of the evidence against the only man accused of being a regicide who didn’t sign the King’s death warrant.

Join us at Leicester Guildhall and discover the story of Francis Hacker, a local hero of the English Civil War who was executed as a Regicide. But was he truly guilty of high treason? You and the other audience members will decide in this acclaimed dramatic revisiting of his trial.

Presented by THE FIELD DETECTIVES and HIDDEN HISTORIES HERITAGE EVENTS