Stina obviously changes the facts here. "One was nearly seven, her sister almost five" - the two boys Bell killed were 4 and 3. Gives the song a coating of fiction and universality. How many children are abused? How many go on to abuse others? Stina wants to protect Mary Bell, wants her to be safe, before it all went wrong for her...
Mary Bell was a 10-year-old English girl who murdered two little boys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell
Stina obviously changes the facts here. "One was nearly seven, her sister almost five" - the two boys Bell killed were 4 and 3. Gives the song a coating of fiction and universality. How many children are abused? How many go on to abuse others? Stina wants to protect Mary Bell, wants her to be safe, before it all went wrong for her...