Maria Colwell's stomach was empty, her eyes black, ribs fractured and she had suffered damage to her brain. 13. Maria Colwell's death sparked a national outcry Credit: Guardian.

People across the country were horrified when seven-year-old Maria Colwell was battered to death 27 years ago. She was killed by her stepfather, William Kepple, while her mother, Pauline, was in ...

Today Maria Colwell would be 37. She died on 7 January 1973, when she was seven. Her bruised and battered body had been pushed down the hill from her Brighton home to the local hospital by her ...

THE death of Maria Colwell shocked the nation. Physically assaulted and killed by her stepfather in 1973, the seven-year-old’s death led to a public inquiry that blamed social workers for not ...

It was also fifty years ago, in 1974, that the Maria Colwell inquiry report was published. Its significance was recognised at the time – it was on the front cover of Community Care – and has not ...

Maria Colwell, seven. Starved and battered to death by her stepfather, William Kepple, while her mother, Pauline, was in the same house in Brighton. Maria suffered brain damage and her death led to ...

The brutal killing of seven-year-old Maria Colwell by her stepfather, and the subsequent inquiry in 1973, prompted a commentator to write that it signalled "the beginning of modern political, ...

Today Maria Colwell would be 37. She died on 7 January 1973, when she was seven. Her bruised and battered body had been pushed down the hill from her Brighton home to the local hospital by her ...