mirror.co.uk FRIDAY 30.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR^15
DM1STSo sorry your
phone’s dead
A WOMAN had her mobile
cut off as her provider
believed she was dead.
Hayley Bell, 25,
contacted Three to
complain and was told her
phone had been locked.
Days later, mum Jo Bell
got a letter of sympathy.
Customer care super-
visor Hayley, of Kettering,
Northants, said: “Someone
sent details of a deceased
person and my account
was cancelled by accident.”
Three said: “We apolo-
gise. A £250 gesture of good-
will has been processed.”
BBC rules on
Jo’s acid gag
A CONTROVERSIAL joke
told by Jo Brand on Radio
4 show Heresy “went be-
yond what was appropri-
ate”, the BBC has ruled.
Comic Brand, 62, said:
“I’m thinking why bother
with a milkshake when
you could get battery acid.”
She was referring to
political figures who had
been hit by milkshakes.
Brand has already apolo-
gised for the joke, calling it
“crass and ill-judged”.
Brexit Party leader, Nigel
Farage, had accused Brand
of “inciting violence”.
Ellie’s killer,
aged 17 is
unmasked
BY BYLUCY THORNTONLUC having seen Ellie, he has today
pleaded guilty to her murder.
“While I am pleased Ellie’s
family will not have to endure a
lengthy trial which would have
caused them further distress, I
know just how difficult this
whole period has been for them.”
Lisa Percy, head at Harden-
huish School, added: “Ellie was
an extremely popular student.”
Griffiths, of Derry Hill, near
Chippenham, was remanded in
custody for sentencing.
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@lucethorntonpenham, adding: “She had built
up a close group of friends. She
would ask if the group could
meet at our house – ‘It’s just a
gathering, Mum, not a party’.
“We talked about visits to
university open days and
apprenticeships in the police –
she wondered if she could get
into the mounted police.”
Detective Chief Inspector Jim
Taylor said: “Ellie was murdered
as a result of a violent attack.
“Officers were able to quickly
identify and arrest Griffiths.
Although he initially deniedhome in Calne, Wiltshire. Her
family returned home in May to
find her with stab wounds.
At Bristol crown court, Judge
Peter Blair QC said it was a “grave
crime” and it was “appropriate,
reasonable and proportionate” to
lift the reporting restrictions.
In a previous statement, Ellie’s
family had said: “We would like
Ellie to be remembered as a kind,
caring young lady with a
wonderful, fun personality.”
They also told how the horse
riding enthusiast loved being at
Hardenhuish School in Chip-Restrictions lifted as fiend admits murder
VICTIM Tragic Ellie GouldTHIS is the face of the warped
teen who has admitted stab-
bing schoolmate Ellie Gould
to death in a frenzied attack.
Thomas Griffiths, 17, was
named after he pleaded guilty to
murder yesterday and reporting
restrictions were lifted.
A court heard Griffiths and
Ellie, also 17, were believed
to have grown close at sixth
form and he attacked her
after catching a bus to her