- Welcome to The Crime Desk, the Daily Mail’s true crime channel packed full of exclusives on the cases you can’t stop thinking about
- To get a free exclusive article with new revelations about Britain’s youngest female murderer, sign up to our newsletter HERE
It was in 1997 that I first set eyes on a girl who would go down in criminal history.
Square-shouldered, stocky and short-haired, she took to the dock of Winchester Crown Court in a white polo-neck, a gold crucifix hanging around her neck.
As one colleague on the press bench observed, she looked like she might be about to take her first communion.
But what emerged over the following weeks was a story of such evil that, even after three decades covering some of the country’s biggest criminal court cases, I will never forget that young girl…
—
To read Tom Rawstorne’s chilling account of what happened next sign up to The Crime Desk newsletter for free HERE.
Each week our team will bring you unrivalled insight, expert analysis, and in-depth reporting on the cases you can’t stop thinking about.
Every newsletter will be packed with exclusive features, interviews and the breaking stories dominating today’s headlines.
Delivered to your inbox every Wednesday, completely FREE.