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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ryan Merrifield

Girl, 7, survived Babes in the Woods killer after offering him her £1 pocket money

A survivor of the notorious Babes in the Wood murderer offered the killer her £1 sweets money if he spared her life.

Racheal Watts was seven years old when she was taken from her home in Whitehawk, Brighton, and molested by sick Russell Bishop - who then left her for dead.

More than three years earlier in October 1986 Bishop had murdered nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, but would not be convicted until 2018.

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