Serial killer Levi Bellfield has signed a recent confession saying he murdered Lin Russell and her daughter Megan, a lawyer has stated.
Michael Stone is serving three life sentences in jail for the homicide of Ms Russell, 45, and her six-year-old daughter who have been discovered bludgeoned to dying in Chillenden, Kent, in July 1996.
Ms Russell’s different daughter Josie, then aged 9, suffered extreme head accidents however survived.
Stone has all the time protested his innocence over the assault.
Bellfield is at the moment serving two entire life phrases for the murders of two younger ladies, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, and schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Bellfield claimed accountability for the Chillenden murders final 12 months however later retracted the assertion.
Stone’s solicitor Paul Bacon has stated Bellfield has now written and signed a recent confession, saying the transfer “must have taken some courage and considerable soul-searching”.
“It will, hopefully, bring closure to the families involved,” he stated.
“Now, the police need to respond and investigate these crimes afresh, to affect closure for these families.”
Bellfield’s solicitor Theresa Clark informed the BBC that her shopper “needs to take responsibility”.
She stated that he confessed after partaking with jail psychologists.
“At the end of the day, the instruction from my client is clear. He’s adamant that he did it,” she stated.
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“My client says ‘I did it, I need to take responsibility for what I’ve done’.”
It is known the alleged confession has been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
Kent Police stated its place on Stone’s conviction stays unchanged.
Bellfield was given an entire life time period for murdering 19-year-old Ms McDonnell in 2003 and 22-year-old Ms Delagrange in 2004, in addition to making an attempt to homicide 18-year-old Kate Sheedy in the identical 12 months.
He was already serving his sentence when he went on trial for killing 13-year-old Milly Dowler, who was snatched whereas strolling residence from faculty in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in March 2002.
Bellfield was discovered responsible of abducting and killing the schoolgirl following a trial on the Old Bailey in 2011.
Source: information.sky.com”