Ellie Gould, 17, was murdered at her parent's home the day after she broke up with "obsessed" Thomas Griffiths in May. In an A-level assignment just weeks earlier, Ellie mentioned the murder of two-year-old James Bulger in 1993. She wrote about how the families of such victims deserved justice and demanded proper punishment for children who kill. Griffiths, 17, was sentenced handed a life sentence and must serve a minimum of 12 years and six months. "He became obsessed with Ellie within a matter of weeks.

Source: Daily Mirror November 24, 2019 05:14 UTC