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Ellie Butler (30 December 2006 – 28 October 2013) was a British girl who was murdered by her father, Ben Butler, on 28 October 2013, at his home in Sutton, London. In February 2007, he was arrested after Ellie Butler was taken to a hospital with head and retinal injuries.
- Ellie Butler, 30 December 2006
- 28 October 2013 (aged 6)
- Beating
- British
Jun 21, 2016 · A man with a history of violence has been sentenced to life in prison after he beat his six-year-old daughter to death 11 months after she was returned to his custody by the family court. Ben...
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- Lisa O'Carroll,Diane Taylor
Jun 21, 2016 · A father who murdered his six-year-old daughter just 11 months after she was returned to his care following a custody battle has been jailed. Ben Butler, 36, inflicted catastrophic head...
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Jun 21, 2016 · Cascade News. Ben Butler was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Ellie within weeks of her birth. By Gaetan Portal. BBC News. Six-year-old Ellie Butler died less than a year after she...
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- Mrs Justice Hogg
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Butler’s neighbours did not know the devoted father, but an entirely different man – a “coke head” and “nutter” whose temper was so volatile he was, one claimed, “banned from all the pubs in the high street” and had been in court more than once. Butler’s conviction for the murder of Ellie simply underlined what they already knew. “He was not a good...
But in the end Butler managed to deceive one of the most senior courts in the land and won sympathy from the press. After a ruling by Hogg, Butler was reunited with Ellie in November 2012.. Hogg said when she made her ruling: “It is seldom that I see a ‘happy end’ in public law proceedings. It is a joy for me to oversee the return of a child to her...
After Ellie was returned to Butler and Gray, she missed school on multiple occasions and at one point, weeks before her death, suffered an untreated concussion. Text messages between Butler and Gray sent in the months before Ellie’s murder gave jurors an insight into their toxic, abusive lives. In one exchange, Butler refers to Ellie’s younger sibl...
- 8 min
- Lisa O'Carroll,Diane Taylor
Apr 10, 2018 · Ellie Butler was battered to death by her father Ben Butler in October 2013, 11 months after being returned to his care at the family's south London home. Butler, who was accused of shaking...
Feb 23, 2018 · PA. Ellie Butler died while at home with her father in 2013. In the 2012 ruling, Mrs Justice Hogg sided with Butler despite objections from police, social services and Ellie's maternal...
