I actually knew Ben Butler

long before he had children mind, back in my clubbing days. He was a regular and popular member on the party scene and well liked and respected. However, it was a well known fact that he was a womaniser and a massive drug taker. Eventually his abusive tendencies towards women came out and his reputation started to spread in a negative light. Eventually our lives went in different directions and he never crossed my mind again. Until he was charged for the first offence against Ellie…. Majority of us who knew him, didn’t doubt that he’d lost his temper and hurt her. When he was exonerated, my jaw hit the floor to be honest! I watched him on this morning also, the same cockiness that once made him popular was still there. Victim of a massive miscarriage of justice…

. The rest is history and as we know, he eventually went on to kill her. Again, with grandparents fighting tooth and nail to protect their grandchildren. Again, ignored.