Cries Unheard

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• ‘I’m trying for you’

  In December 1968 two girls, one aged 11 and the other 13, were put on trial for murder. They were accused of killing two very much younger boys. For nine days in a Newcastle court, evidence showed how apparently normal youngsters might murder without ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

• Killer Children

  It happened, once upon a time, that the Marquis de Sade was in a good humor. He wrote a novel Aline and Valcour, in which he created a utopia. In Tamoë there was no capital punishment. If society had to take measures against a murderer, it put him in ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010

2 Reviews

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  This was an interesting read. Having not known much about the Mary Bell case; it provided an in-depth account of not only the crime, but of Bell herself, both before and after the case.

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  A documentary on Mary Bell, a girl who in 1968, aged 10, killed the first of two younger boys. Sereny has done startling work with hundreds of hours of interviews with Bell about her childhood, her extremely damaged mother, what happened to her during and after the trial, and what has become of her ... (continue)

  A documentary on Mary Bell, a girl who in 1968, aged 10, killed the first of two younger boys. Sereny has done startling work with hundreds of hours of interviews with Bell about her childhood, her extremely damaged mother, what happened to her during and after the trial, and what has become of her life up until the mid-1990s. This is a highly insightful look into the mind of a child whose existence was torn apart due to her mother's and her own actions, and also into what I think is the kill-the-monster attitude that modern society carries, e.g. in the James Bulger case. This puts Deborah Spungen's book on her daughter in the corner - and hopefully lets us forget it.

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  Niklas Pivic said on Feb 23, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 416 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0333753119
• ISBN-13: 9780333753118
• Publisher: Pan MacMillan
• Pub date: Apr 30, 1999
• Also available as: Others

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