Judge: Ellie Butler murder case ruling too sensational to be reported

A UK family court judge's ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler will make "front page news" if it is published - another judge has forecast.

Judge: Ellie Butler murder case ruling too sensational to be reported

A UK family court judge's ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler will make "front page news" if it is published - another judge has forecast.

The ruling was made by Mrs Justice Eleanor King following a behind-closed-doors hearing in the Family Division of High Court in the summer of 2014 - after Ellie had died but before her father, Ben Butler, had been convicted of murder.

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