By Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 18:54 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 18:54 BST, 16 June 2019
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The grief-stricken father of Molly Russell has issued an emotional plea to be allowed access to his daughter's phone - two whole years after the schoolgirl tragically took her own life.
Ian Russell, of Harrow, north west London, has been denied the digital contents of the 14-year-old's mobile which is still being trawled through by police.
Molly was found dead in her bedroom in 2017 after allegedly viewing disturbing self-harm images on Instagram.
As the family continue their desperate search for answers, Mr Russell said that phone's data of the hours leading up to his daughter's death could help him and his wife get closure.
Molly Russell was found dead in her bedroom in 2017 after allegedly viewing disturbing self-harm images on Instagram
Father Ian Russell has issued an emotional plea to be allowed access to his daughter's phone - two whole years after the schoolgirl tragically took her own life
'It would be lovely to have access to the clips and photos that are no doubt on those devices and to be able to hear her voice again, see messages and understand a bit more about her life,' the TV producer told the Sunday Telegraph.
'On another level there may be stuff on those electronic devices that throw a completely new light on all of this.'
In the aftermath of her
