No doubt in an effort to find Mary Bell, who of course I telephoned many times.

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For 30 years Mary Bell kept silent until she spoke out to Gitta Sereny, a journalist and author who had covered her trial.

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The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, asked Mr Straw to look at how the privacy afforded to Mary Bell fits with collaborating on a book about the killings.

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The Home Secretary Jack Straw says he is reviewing the law after it was revealed that child-killer Mary Bell has been paid to collaborate on a book about her life.

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An extreme test of such moral sympathy was the case of Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968, when she was just 11, of murdering two little boys in Newcastle.

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But in all the hue and cry, there is little comment on the fact that the case of Mary Bell, while tragic and disturbing, also appears to be a model of successful rehabilitation.

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Mary Bell was 11 when she was given a life sentence in 1968 after being found guilty of the manslaughter of four-year-old Martin Brown, and Brian Howe, 3, on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

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We phoned Mary Ann Wymore, Ron Bell's former lawyer, and told her we wanted to move ahead and find legal representation.

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He was also chaplain at Moira House Girls School in Eastbourne until 2003 and chair of governors at St Mary's special school in Bexhill and Bishop Bell school in Eastbourne.

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