Killer wins lifelong anonymity

CHILD killer Mary Bell and her teenage daughter yesterday won their British High Court bid for lifelong anonymity.

Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, president of the family division, heard that disclosure of 46-year-old Bell's current identity and whereabouts would lead to harassment.

She said: "Exceptionally, I shall therefore grant injunctions contra mundum to protect the anonymity of X [Bell] and Y [the daughter]."