Bellfield has info only the murderer could have

Michael Stone: This shows that I'm innocent

- MATTHEW YOUNG

A MAN serving life for murdering Lin and Megan Russell in 1996 hopes a new confession to the crime by Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield will help free him. 

Michael Stone, 62, says Bellfield's statement, which follows one he later retracted, contains information about the 1996 hammer attack which only the killer would know, it is claimed.

It is the first time Bellfield, 54, has signed a written confession claiming responsibility for the killings of Lin and daughter Megan, which shocked the nation 27 years ago.

His bombshell revelations are now with the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which has been investigating Stone's conviction since 2017.

Twisted Bellfield last year claimed responsibility for the murders but later denied responsibility.

But he has now revealed more details about the killings in a new confession written at the start of the year, according to his solicitor Theresa Clark.

She said: "All I can say is that he accepts responsibility.

Stone, who was convicted after trials in 1998 and 2001 but has always denied involvement, said in an exclusive interview from HMP Frankland: "I've been in prison for 26 years for a crime I did not commit.

"I know that he [Bellfield] did those murders. He's just revealed some information recently that's come to me through lawyers. It's information that he would only know if he had done it."

He added: "His crimes have hurt a lot of people, not just the people he murdered and their families.

"Other people have been blamed [for Bellfield's crimes]."