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Mary Flora Bell (born 26 May 1957) [3] is an English woman who, as a juvenile, killed two preschool-age boys in Scotswood, an inner suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1968. [4] . Bell committed her first killing when she was ten years old.
Sep 1, 2023 · Updated May 24, 2024. Serial killer Mary Bell was 11 years old when she was sentenced to life in prison for killing two toddlers in 1968 — but she now lives in anonymity after being freed just 12 years later.
Jan 23, 2024 · Mary Bell came to public attention in the 1960s as a young girl with a chilling secret – she had committed two brutal murders at the tender age of 11. The case sparked widespread shock and horror, and Mary was labeled as a deeply disturbed child with a capacity for extreme violence.
Jun 26, 2024 · In 1968, Mary Bell from Newcastle, England, at just 10 years old, committed her first murder by strangling four-year-old Martin Brown and leaving unsettling confession notes...
Jun 10, 2022 · On May 25, 1968, Mary Bell, along with her friend Norma Bell (no relation), coaxed 4-year-old Martin Brown into an abandoned building (via Owlcation) located in the suburbs of the city of Newcastle. Once inside, she strangled the child and fled.
Mary Bell is said to have strangled the boys, aged four and three, "solely for the pleasure and excitement of killing". The jury heard Mary, also known as May, was...
Mary Bell was a child who killed other children. Portrait of a killer as a young girl. Now, as an adult and mother, she struggles for privacy for herself and her daughter.
Mary Bell and Norma Bell were brought to trial for the murder of Martin Brown and Brian Howe at the Newcastle Assizes Moothall on December 5th 1968. The trial would last nine days.
May 25, 2018 · Friday marks 50 years since ten-year-old killer Mary Bell strangled Martin Brown in a derelict Newcastle house. The four-year-old was to be the youngster’s first victim as two months later she...
May 21, 2003 · Mary Bell has been making headlines for 35 years. In 1968, when she was just 11, she was convicted of the manslaughter of two small boys in Newcastle. Child killers are a rarity, and the...
