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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Catie McLeod

Teenager Isla Bell’s body was found in a Melbourne tip 18 months ago. Today friends and family demanded justice

Members of the crowd outside the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne hold signs featuring an image of Isla Bell that say ‘She Matters’
Members of the crowd outside the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne hold signs featuring an image of Isla Bell that say ‘She Matters’. Photograph: Jay Kogler/AAP

Isla Bell, the 19-year-old whose body was found in a Melbourne tip 18 months ago, has been remembered as a loving, courageous and open-hearted young woman with a green thumb and an “exquisitely beautiful soul”.

Friends, family and supporters gathered outside the Victorian state library on Saturday to honour the teenager and protest against prosecutors dropping a manslaughter charge against the man who had been accused of killing her.

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