The 62-year-old claims Bellfield's confession contains information only the killer could have known. He is likely to be interviewed under caution.'. Speaking from maximum security HMP Frankland in County Durham, he said: "I've been in prison for 26 years for a crime I did not commit. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Video, The past always catches up with you Video, attempt to seek a judicial review of the decision also failed, MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo dies, Donald Trump arrives in Scotland on golf visit, Explosion derails train in Russian border region, Banana artwork in Seoul museum eaten by visitor, King opts for recycled chairs for Coronation, NFL player's daughter, aged two, drowns in pool, Trevelyan relative 'would consider' famine payment, UK chip giant Arm files for blockbuster share sale. A man jailed for life for murdering a mother and her daughter hopes a new confession from Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield will get him released. The family have discovered the traumatic fact that Milly could still have been alive when her uncle saw Bellfield on the night of the day she was abducted, Sign up to our free email newsletter for daily roundups of the biggest headlines as well as all the latest breaking news. 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Serial killer Levi Bellfield claims he was behind savage mother But two decades on, a chilling four-page confession has emerged from serial killer Levi Bellfield responsible for three murders including that of Millie Dowler, a 13-year The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. February 2003: Marsha McDonnell, 19, gets off a bus near her home in Hampton after a night out with friends, and is struck three times on the back of the head with a blunt object by Bellfield. We are the ones that located and gathered the CCTV images showing her last moments. I didnt look out of place.. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He claims that the following day he threw the hammer he used to carry out the attacks into the Thames near Walton, Surrey. While Bellfield is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of schoolgirl Millie Dowler. The past always catches up with you VideoThe past always catches up with you 2023 BBC. Bellfield, who was jailed for life, killed Milly Dowler, 13, in Surrey in 2002. 1981: His first conviction was for burglary, 1990: Convicted of assaulting a police officer, October 14, 2001: Anna-Marie Rennie, 17, was attacked in Hospital Bridge Road, Witton, southwest London. I apologise to Stone and to the Russell family for my heinous acts. Meanwhile, Elmbridge borough councillor Barry Cheyne - who was a governor at Milly's Heathside School at the time she went missing - said the latest revelations by Bellfield had "brought back home for a lot of people" the anguish of the six months in 2002 from when she disappeared to when her body was found. The 53-year-old is already serving life for the deaths of Millie, 13, Amelie Delagrange, 22, and 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell. 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Registered in England No. Will Neal Sunday 23 Apr 2023 2:06 pm. In 2017 Stones solicitors identified Bellfield as a suspect in the murders and claimed he had made his own prison confession. LEVI Bellfield was finally convicted of two murders and one attempted murder in 2008. He killed Marsha McDonnell, 19, in Hampton, South West London in 2003 and Amelie Delagrange, 22, in Twickenham in 2004. Bellfield, who murdered 13-year-old English schoolgirl Milly Dowler back in 2002, signed a written confession claiming responsibility for the killings of Lin Russell and her daughter Megan, which horrified the nation 27 years ago. 1986: He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonmentfor two armed robberies in Maidstone, Kent and Brighton during the same week. Mr Bacon said he would be forwarding the Bellfield statement to the CCRC and the police. 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In my car I had a screwdriver, a lock knife, a hammer, yellow marigold gloves and a very long black bootlace. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Levi Bellfield has confessed to the murders of mum and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, Dad Shaun Russell and mum Lin with daughters Megan, six, and Josie, nine, Bellfield made the confession in a letter with chilling details of the killings, The last photo of Megan Russell with sister Josie, who was left severely injured by the attack, Michael Stone was convicted of the murders of the Russells, The murders took place in the Kent countryside when the family were walking their dog, Levi Bellfield was convicted of the murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler in 2011, serving life for the murder of schoolgirl Millie Dowler, Michael Stone convicted of the Russell murders in 1998, previously admitted being in the Chillenden area of Kent, In 2017 Stones solicitors identified Bellfield as a suspect, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). All rights reserved. Petty criminal and ex-heroin addict Michael Stone was found guilty of the murders and attempted murder in 1998 despite a lack of forensic evidence. A heroin addict, Stone was arrested a year after the Russell murders on unrelated charges of burglary and robbery. Bellfield does describe a repetitive pattern of behaviour in committing an awful crime, suffering, going on a holiday and getting rid of a vehicle. He is understood to have handed in the confession to his solicitor Theresa Clark in March this year. Bellfield was born Levi Rabetts in West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth in 1968. "We all sympathise with the family - they said it brings a certain amount of closure, but can one ever say it's closed? Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk. Published: 21:03 EDT, 26 April 2023 | Updated: 02:28 EDT, 27 April 2023. He had four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. Is climate change killing Australian wine? Levi Bellfield, the serial killer, has confessed to the double murder of a mother and daughter after speaking to prison psychologists, his solicitor has said. She explained: "The statement made last year was never signed by him but hes subsequently done a written statement which hes signed. "Stone made an application to apply for a Judicial Review in respect of his conviction in September 2012. However, while the statement may have shone a new light on the case, it should be noted that Bellfield previously claimed responsibility for the two murders but later retracted the statement. "I had the pleasure in the end of standing face-to-face across the desk and charging him with murder. "He reversed down a long driveway and then raped her in broad daylight Bellfield then moved her to another location, where the rape and torture continued for a number of hours, until the next day when he finally strangled her to death., But Mirror Online reports that Bellfields elderly mother Jean has rubbished the horrendous details, saying: "I dont believe a word of it.". "We are aware they are planning to send in further information, and when received, we will thoroughly analyse it and make any appropriate enquiries. Family of woman Levi Bellfield claims to have murdered say Met She mentioned Levi raping and beating her mother, Becky. Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? Who is Kate Sheedy? 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Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. She asked me not to harm her children. 1996: Mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell were murdered along with the family dog as they walked home after a swimming gala around 4pm on Tuesday, July 9, 1996. Bellfield confesses to Russell murders, lawyer says, Convicted killer pins hopes on shoelace evidence, Double murderer's 'appeal bid turned down', Stricken motor cruiser towed to safety after running aground off Isle of Sheppey, Culture contrast and overlap of Bahrain and Britain celebrated at Rochester Art Gallery, Dismay at annihilation of orchard for 53 new homes, Russia launches pre-dawn missile attack on Ukraine, Explosion derails train in Russian border region. Bellfield is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of 13-year-old Millie, who went missing from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in 2002. Bellfield, 53, will never be released as he is serving a whole-life sentence for murdering Milly Dowler, French student Amelie Delagrange and 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell in southwest London from 2002 to 2004. February 2012: Bellfield loses a Court of Appeal bid to challenge his conviction for Milly's kidnap and murder. Bellfield lived in west London and while under police surveillance was spotted driving around in a van, and trying to talk to young women in and around bus stops. Amelie, from Amiens, was a "good student, sensible and never gave her parents any problems", her mother Dominique Delagrange said. Is Indian Predator: The Diary Of A Serial Killer based on a true story? Stone was eligible for parole in July last year but refused to apply because he maintains he is innocent. However, one of Bellfield's ex-partners - who gave evidence against him in court - has previously insisted she was with him on the day of the Russell murders and the pair were "nowhere near Kent". She has now established herself as a successful textile artist and has also bought the home in which she and her family lived before they moved to Kent. Hes just revealed some information recently thats come to me through lawyers. Their brutal deaths in the picturesque Kent countryside on a sunny day shocked the nation. Milly Dowler trial: Levi Bellfield's partner 'besotted The alleged confession from the man who murdered schoolgirl Millie Dowler that he also killed a mother and her young daughter is to be examined. Bellfield will die in prison as he is serving a whole-life sentence. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Top $76,000-a-year New Jersey boarding school admits 'more should have been done' to stop bullying of boy, 17, who took his own life after being falsely accused of rape by cruel peers, First Republic bank is seized and sold to JPMorgan in second-largest U.S. bank failure, A musical climax! August 2004: Amelie Delagrange, 22, is battered to death by Bellfield after she gets off at the wrong bus stop and is attacked walking across Twickenham Green. Speaking to The Mirror fromHMP Frankland, Stone said: 'I've been in prison for 26 years for a crime I did not commit. The places where Levi Bellfield lived, worked and killed in London Read about our approach to external linking. Bellfield has now confessed to killing Judith Gold, 51, in Hampstead in 1990. It was only when an officer at the scene noticed Josie move they realised she had survived the attack. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The Chau family do not believe this should have taken seven months. But the Criminal Cases Review Commission will not take this at face value and have good investigators who will seek to corroborate or dismiss this statement. Levi dotted on his mother and people who knew them said they were oddly close. He said: On my return I stopped at Clacket Lane Services and cleaned up. Levi Bellfield Levi Bellfield was born on May 17th 1968 in Isleworth, town in west London, England. Detectives informed the family about Bellfields account because he had told a fellow inmate in Wakefield Prison who was due for release and might make the details public. The family are from Vietnam originally, and Chau was born in the UK. The mother of Levi Bellfield is a serial killer currently serving two whole-life sentences for the murder of three people and is jailed in HMP Frankland in County Durham. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy in May 2004. "Michael Stone made an application to apply for a Judicial Review in respect of his conviction in September 2012. THERE is a lot of detail in there that needs to be checked in this new legal statement. Levi Bellfield's mother says she doesn't believe Milly Dowler was A spokeswoman for Surrey Police said: The force has been in regular contact with the Dowler family during this investigation into the circumstances surrounding Millys murder. He tried to murder Kate Sheedy, 18, in 2004. LEVI Bellfield has finally made a formal confession to the hammer murders of mum and daughter Lin and Megan Russell and revealed chilling details of the killings. He added: It had blood stains on the seat.. The confession document will now be sent to watchdog the Criminal Cases Review Commission which has the power to order re-trials and is considering an appeal by Stone, 61. The family of a 19-year-old woman whom the serial killer Levi Bellfield claims to have murdered two decades ago have accused the Metropolitan police of failing to take the case seriously because of their race and the alleged victims gender. Michael Stone was His solicitor Paul Bacon says he has now received a four-page statement from Bellfield in which he claims to have carried out the attacks, including details of what he was wearing and how he made his escape. Why are the police so indifferent to Elizabeths tragedy and why dont they care about our loss?, Minh-Vu said his mother and father still cling on to hope: The parents have been hanging on to hope she is unharmed and she will come through the door., Bellfields solicitor Theresa Clark said: I can confirm that Levi Bellfield has made a statement where he has admitted the murder of Elizabeth Chau and other offences. Stone went on to say: "His crimes have hurt a lot of people, not just the people he murdered and their families. "The shoelace which was seized as part of the original investigation was made available to the CCRC. Two witnesses allegedly said they saw him at the scene. He has previous convictions for crimes including ABH, robbery, burglary and GBH and was known to carry weapons. Detectives believe it was while he was out searching that he came across the killer on the road in Walton where she had vanished just hours earlier on March 21 2002. Levi Bellfield was given a life sentence in 2011 for the murder of Milly Dowler. Bellfields solicitor, Theresa Clark, told the BBC: At the end of the day, the instruction from my client is clear. 1983: Stone received a four-and-a-half year sentence for stabbing a friend while he slept and latertried to wound a police officer in the eye after being arrested. I forced Lin to sit down.. They say police did not tell them of Bellfields confession, first made verbally in October 2022. All evidence from the examinations on the shoelace were recorded and disclosed to the CCRC.". He even reveals that he took a hair scrunchie as a macabre souvenir and that he killed the family dog after it bit him. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A man serving life in jail for murdering a mother and daughter hopes a new confession to the crime by the serial killer Levi Bellfield will lead to a new police investigation. The camera was outside Ealing police station and owned by the council. In 2017 his legal team said they had seen evidence of a full confession by Bellfield, something he denied at the time. Levi Bellfield's mother Jean 'wiped his backside' and 'shared his bed' his ex says She has now revealed details over his bizarre relationship at home as a child Johanna Collings gave evidence against her ex who she says raped her Bellfield has received four life sentences for killing four young women, including Milly Dowler But they said the police had been slow to take basic steps to discover whether Bellfield was telling the truth. Levi Bellfield The man serving life for the murder of schoolgirl Millie Dowler has confessed to killing mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, a lawyer has said. The Honourable Mr Justice Blake ordered that permission for the application should be refused. Pictured: Police at scene in 2001, Lin, 45, her two daughters, six-year-old Megan and nine-year-old Josie, as well as their dog Lucy, were tied up and savagely beaten with a hammer in the brutal attack. Read about our approach to external linking. Police are understood to believe there is credibility in Bellfields confession, tempered by concerns he could be manipulative. In an exclusive interview from HMP Frankland, he told the Mirror: "Ive been in prison for 26 years for a crime I did not commit. Kate Sheedy was 18 when Levi Bellfield ran her over as she crossed the road near an industrial estate in Isleworth on May 28, 2004. "In my car I had a screwdriver, a lock knife, a hammer, yellow marigold gloves and a very long black bootlace. Bellfield is already serving whole-life tariffs and is in HMP Frankland. Bellfield has made a signed and written confession to the kidnap, rape, assault and murder of the university student Elizabeth Chau, who disappeared from a west London street in 1999, his solicitor confirmed. Levi Bellfields solicitor has said her client is adamant he is responsible for the murders of Lin Russell and her daughter Megan. Yet again, there has been no police action until a third party came to us and we raised the alarm. All rights reserved. She said: 'We want Liz to know that we love her and miss her very much.'. Play it now! She was out It comes after he 'admitted' to killing a 19-year-old student last week. Stone, 62, has alleged that Bellfield's shock statement contains key information about the gruesome hammer attack which only the killer would know about. Levi Bellfield is the only prisoner in British history to be serving two whole life sentences, without the possibility of parole 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. It hasnt been sent to Kent Police because they say they have no interest in it. No: lawyer vows to prove Michael Stones innocence, Levi Bellfield: Raab says granting marriage request inconceivable, Serial killer Levi Bellfield requests permission to marry in prison, Levi Bellfield admits to murdering Lin and Megan Russell, say lawyers, Levi Bellfield confessed to Russell murders, say convicted man's lawyers, Noevidence to link Levi Bellfield to fresh crimes, says Met police, Levi Bellfield denies confessing to Milly Dowler's murder. Her condition was so appalling that medics who treated her at the scene initially assumed she was dead. An application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in 2010 was rejected and an attempt to seek a judicial review of the decision also failed in 2011. He was subsequently found guilty at a retrial in 2001. He then fled on holiday to Turkey with his then-girlfriend but returned after just a few days to have the beige Ford Sierra he was driving the day he says he killed the Russells cleaned because it was full of their DNA. I walked all three of them off the track. The man serving life for the murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler has made a fresh confession over the deaths of a mother and daughter, his lawyer said. Solicitor Theresa Clark was handed the confession last month. 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I used my T-shirt to clean myself and wipe my shorts. The details are with the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which has examined Stone's conviction since 2017. Levi Bellfield has made a signed and written confession to the kidnap, rape, assault and murder of Elizabeth Chau. Levi Bellfield Levi Bellfield made 1997: Police arrested and charged 37 year-old Stone. Thinking it suspicious, she crosses the road. Levi Bellfield's alleged confession to The killer also says in his statement that he is responsible for the murder of Judith Gold, a mother of three found battered to death in Hampstead, north London, in 1990. In 2017 Stones solicitors identified Bellfield as a suspect in the murders and claimed he had made his own prison confession. Other attack victims may include Dawn Brunton, 36, in Hatton Cross and Jessie Wilson, 17, in South West London, both in 2003, plus Sarah Spurrell, 23, in Hastings, East Sussex, in 2004. Only Josie survived. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, while the detective in charge of the Delagrange investigation told Sky News last year that he believes Bellfield is behind "dozens" of other crimes. Manhunt: The real-life story behind the May 2011: Bellfield goes on trial at the Old Bailey after he denies abducting and murdering Milly. "I guess if I'm honest it was a relief. Winner makes history on TV talent show Project Icon, Final show for famous dance music venue Printworks. He described Bellfield as a conniving "narcissist" who displayed "complete arrogance and complete self-centredness" - often turning his chair around and laying back with his feet on the wall during police interviews. She manages to escape but four years later identifies Bellfield as the man who tried to kidnap her. Bellfield has already been convicted of three murders; 13-year-old Milly Dowler in March 2002, Marsha McDonnell, 19, in February 2003, and Amlie Delagrange, 22, in August 2004. 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The confessor in question, Levi Bellfield, has since triggered a mammoth investigation conducted by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. I believe what he is saying and I think if the police were to interview him he would finally admit the murders.". Serial killer Levi Bellfield signs confession to double murder Levi Bellfield: serial killer makes fresh confession to Lin and Megan Russell murder, McDonalds offered Met police cheap burgers and free drinks during XR protests, Is the conviction sound? 'The statement made last year was never signed by him but he's subsequently done a written statement which he's signed.'. WebThe killings, which saw the mother and her six-year-old daughter bludgeoned to death, as well as the attempted murder of Lins other daughter Josie, nine, happened 25 years ago. February 2003 - Marsha McDonnell, 19, is attacked by Bellfield after getting off a bus following a cinema trip with friends.