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'''Mary Flora Bell''' (born 26 May 1957){{sfn|Sereny|1972|p=246}} is an English woman who, as a juvenile, killed two preschool-age boys in [[Benwell and Scotswood|Scotswood]], an inner suburb of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], in 1968.<ref name="BBCNews1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/17/newsid_3261000/3261087.stm|title=17 December: 1968: Mary Bell Found Guilty of Double Killing|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=12 May 2010|date=17 December 1968}}</ref> Bell committed her first killing when she was ten years old. In both instances, Bell informed her victim that he had a sore throat, which she would massage before proceeding to [[Strangling|strangle]] him.<ref name="BellOrder">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/comment/story/0,6903,688108,00.html.|title=The Mary Bell Affair: The Mob Will Move On; The Pain Never Can|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=13 July 2021|date=3 May 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/mary-bell|title=Mary Bell: A Tough Start in Life|publisher=crimeandinvestigation.co.uk|access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref>
Bell was convicted of [[manslaughter]] in relation to both killings in December 1968, in a trial held at [[Moot Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle Assizes]] when she was 11 years old, and in which her actions were judged to have been committed under [[Diminished responsibility in English law|diminished responsibility]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10924903|title=National Archives' Catalogue: Bell, Mary and Bell, Norma: Murder of Brian Howe (3) on 31 July 1968 |date=15 December 1998|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> She is Britain's youngest female killer<ref name="IE">{{cite news |title=Britain's Youngest Female Double Murderer Jailed |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30472592.html |work=[[Irish Examiner]]|access-date=6 June 2022|date=7 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Youngest' Female Double Murderer Jailed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-11218238 |access-date=6 June 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=7 September 2010}}</ref> and was diagnosed with a [[Psychopathy|psychopathic personality disorder]] prior to her trial.<ref name="Milestone">{{cite news|first=Sophie|last=Doughty|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mary-bell-killings-50-years-14702293|title=Mary Bell Killings 50 Years On: Victim's Sister Tells How Bell Stole Her Childhood|newspaper=[[Evening Chronicle]]|access-date=20 July 2021|date=25 May 2018}}</ref>{{sfn|Real-Life Crimes|1993|p=786}} Her alleged [[accomplice]] in at least one of the killings, 13-year-old Norma Joyce Bell (no relation), was [[Acquittal|acquitted]] of all charges.<ref name="BBCNews1"/>
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