ellie gould should have been embarking on the next chapter of her life. may last year, she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend, stabbed repeatedly in her own home. this is the worst thing that could ever happen to a parent and especially taken in such a brutal way by somebody that i suppose we trusted, that was supposedly fond of her. and to take away such a beautiful person, such a beautiful soul, is just unforgivable, his actions, unforgivable. her killer, thomas griffiths, had tried to cover his tracks, but he later admitted ellie's murder and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 12 and a half years. although he was 17 at the time of the attack, he was an adult when he went to court for sentencing. ellie's mum is campaigning for a change in the law. we want sentencing for child killers to be tougher, particularly for mature killers. so somebody like griffiths, who was only five months off being 18, who came from a very stable background, very stable parents who, you know, cared for him, who was intelligent, who did not have any mental health p

ellie gould should have been embarking on the next chapter of her life.by her ex—boyfriend, stabbed repeatedly in her own home. this is the worst thing that could ever happen to a parent and especially taken in such a brutal way by somebody that i suppose we trusted, that was supposedly fond of her. and to take away such a beautiful person, such a beautiful soul, is just unforgivable, his actions, unforgivable. her killer, thomas griffiths, had tried to cover his tracks, but he later admitted ellie's murder and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 12 and a half years. although he was 17 at the time of the attack, he was an adult when he went to court for sentencing. ellie's mum is campaigning for a change in the law. we want sentencing for child killers to be tougher, particularly for mature killers. so somebody like griffiths, who was only five months off being 18, who came from a very stable background, very stable parents who, you know, cared for him, who was intelligent, who did not have any mental health problems, he was cleared by a top