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Article: My brave Mollie died saving me from killer; EXCLUSIVE AGONY OF MOTHER BEATEN BY EX-LOVER.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2006
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Byline: By julie McCaffrey
HELEN Perkins pauses at a page in her daughter's school jotter. It shows a drawing of a smiling woman with flowers in her hair.
"It's lovely that Mollie always drew me with a big smile," she says. "I'm so glad that she can't see me now... she could never stand to see me cry."
And there have been many tears since nine-year-old Mollie was bludgeoned to death by Helen's former lover.
On Monday, Michael Hooker, 50, was sentenced to life in prison for her murder.
Judge Richard Brown ordered him to serve a ...