File:M.Bell.Slum.Clearance.Scotswood.1968A.jpg

M.Bell.Slum.Clearance.Scotswood.1968A.jpg(231 × 175 pixels, file size: 36 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Description Image depicts English murderer Mary Flora Bell (on right of image, holding banner), protesting the hazardous conditions of the Victorian/Edwardian slums of Scotswood, Newcastle which had been blamed for the death of the first child she had murdered in May 1968. Image was taken in June of 1968.
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copyright owner
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Source (WP:NFCC#4) wineandcrimepodcast.com. Direct link here
Date of publication June 1968
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Mary Bell
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s):

To illustrate the devious efforts of the perpetrator to deflect blame for her actions elsewhere.

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Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) * Image has been cropped from the original
  • Image is of a tinted hue, and slightly cropped
  • This image is of a lower visual quality from the original
  • Size of image is 231x175px; original is 566x365px
  • Image is solely intended for usage upon one subsection of article
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commercial opportunities
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  • The precise name I have given to the file - plus the actual nature of the content - make any ambiguous usage of the combined images extremely unlikely. (NFCC9)
  • Image has been displayed in a better visual quality, in a higher resolution and in an un-cropped form online and in printed format, since 1968. (NFCC4)
  • This image is relevant to sub-section in question. Would increase readers' understanding of the topic and perpetrator's behaviour. The image will be used in this article (for which sole usage is intended) only. (NFCC5) (NFCC6) (NFCC8) (NFCC7)
  • Believed that the use of this image upon only the English-language Wikipedia, to illustrate a section of the article discussing aspects relating to the person depicted, falls under the "Non-profit, educational" clause of the 'Fair Use' doctrine, currently upheld by U.S. law. (17 U.S.C. § 107.)
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