The grandfather of murdered six-year-old Ellie Butler has told how his life savings were wiped out fighting for her custody while taxpayers picked up her killer father’s vast legal bill.
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Social services bosses say lawyers advised them that they “couldn’t have appealed” when a senior family court judge ruled that Ellie Butler should return to live with the father who
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A High Court judge was wrong to bar publication of a behind-closed-doors ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler, a judicial head has said. Lord Dyson, the Master
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A ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler which had been kept under wraps for more than two years has been published. The ruling, made by Mrs Justice
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Ben Butler has lodged an appeal after being convicted of murdering his six-year-old daughter Ellie, judges have been told. Butler’s lawyers say he is appealing against his conviction and sentence,
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The second most senior judge in England and Wales has been asked to decide whether a family court judge’s behind-closed-doors ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler should
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A 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
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A family court judge handed “all the power” to murderous Ben Butler when she decided he had been the victim of a miscarriage of justice over a claim he had
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The Sutton Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) has published the serious case review report relating to the tragic death of Ellie Butler. The 58 page report was commissioned by the SSCB
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Ellie Butler’s death should be subject to a public inquiry, according to the murdered child’s grandfather. Neal Gray said he wants everything “open and above board” as he recalled the
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