***BREAKING UPDATE***
Sunday 6 February 2022 10:31, UK
Levi Bellfield, 53, is serving a whole-life sentence for murdering Milly Dowler, French student Amelie Delagrange and 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell.
Levi Bellfield is said to have confessed to the murders that Michael Stone is serving time for.
Serial killer Levi Bellfield has confessed to the notorious hammer murders of a mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell 26 years ago, a lawyer has told Sky News.
Bellfield, who is serving life for killing schoolgirl Millie Dowler and two others, has revealed chilling details of the Russell murders it’s thought only the killer would know.
Drug addict Michael Stone was twice convicted of murdering the Russell’s and is serving life but has always denied the killings in the Kent countryside in 1996.
His solicitor, Paul Bacon, has spent 15 years trying to prove Stone’s innocence and has a copy of Bellfield’s alleged confession.
Mr Bacon told Sky News: “It is a full and frank confession. I believe what he is saying, and I think if the police were to interview him, he would finally admit the murders.”
Shaun Russell with wife Lin and daughters Megan (second left) and Josie
Shaun Russell with Lin and Megan – and Josie (right) who survived the attack with appalling injuries
In the statement Bellfield, a former nightclub bouncer, says: “I was wearing bright yellow marigold washing-up gloves and holding a hammer in my right hand. In my car I had a screwdriver, a lock knife, a hammer, yellow marigold gloves and a very long black bootlace.
“My first intention was to just attack Lin, but I quickly changed my mind due to the screams and was worried she would fight back given the children were with her.
