Notorious Child Killer Becomes a Grandmother; VICTIM'S MUM SPEAKS OUT AS MARY BELL'S FAMILY GROWS

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Byline: By LIZ WALKER

NEWCASTLE child killer Mary Bell has become a grandmother.

Bell was just 11 in 1968 when she strangled four-year-old Martin Brown and three-year-old Brian Howe in separate incidents in Scotswood.

Now 51, the woman at the centre of one of the most sensational trials of the 20th Century has become a grandmother, it has been revealed.

Bell was granted anonymity for life by the courts and has had a succession of new identities. The order also includes Bell's 24-year-old daughter, and has now been extended to her grandchild.

Last night June Richardson, 64, the mother of Martin Brown, said: "A child is a blessing. She …