For other people named Mary Bell, see Mary Bell (disambiguation).
Mary Bell
Bell c. 1967
Born
(1957-05-26) 26 May 1957 (age 66)
Corbridge,[2] Northumberland, England
Status
Released (1980)
Other names
The Tyneside Strangler
Children
1
Motive
Sadism Rage[1]
Conviction(s)
Manslaughter (x2)
Criminal penalty
Detained at Her Majesty's pleasure
Details
Victims
2
Span of crimes
25 May – 31 July 1968
Location(s)
Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Date apprehended
7 August 1968; 55 years ago (1968-08-07)
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. In both instances, Bell informed her victim that he had a sore throat, which she would massage before proceeding to strangle him.[5]
Bell was convicted of manslaughter in relation to both killings in December 1968, in a trial held at Newcastle Assizes when she was 11 years old, and in which her actions were judged to have been committed under diminished responsibility.[6] She is Britain's youngest female killer[7][8] and was diagnosed with a psychopathic personality disorder prior to her trial.[9][10] Her alleged accomplice in at least one of the killings, 13-year-old Norma Joyce Bell (no relation), was acquitted of all charges.[4]
Bell was released from custody in 1980, at the age of 23. A lifelong court order granted her anonymity, which has since been extended to protect the identity of her daughter and granddaughter. She has since lived under a series of pseudonyms.[11]
^Berry-Dee 2018, p. 249.
^Cite error: The named reference Birth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Sereny 1972, p. 246.
^ ab"17 December: 1968: Mary Bell Found Guilty of Double Killing". BBC News. 17 December 1968. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
^"The Mary Bell Affair: The Mob Will Move On; The Pain Never Can". The Guardian. 3 May 1998. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^"National Archives' Catalogue: Bell, Mary and Bell, Norma: Murder of Brian Howe (3) on 31 July 1968". 15 December 1998. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^"Britain's Youngest Female Double Murderer Jailed". Irish Examiner. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^"'Youngest' Female Double Murderer Jailed". BBC News. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^Doughty, Sophie (25 May 2018). "Mary Bell Killings 50 Years On: Victim's Sister Tells How Bell Stole Her Childhood". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^Real-Life Crimes 1993, p. 786.
^"Child Killer Mary Bell to Seek Permanent Order Hiding Identity". The Guardian. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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