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CCRC to obtain DNA sample from Levi Bellfield after he claimed responsibility for 1996 murders
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CCRC to obtain DNA sample from Levi Bellfield after he claimed responsibility for 1996 murders
The Criminal Cases Review Commission will take a DNA sample from serial killer Levi Bellfield, who has claimed he killed mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell in 1996.
- The CCRC confirmed it intends to obtain a DNA sample from Levi Bellfield, though no date has been set.
- Bellfield claimed in a 2022 statement that he murdered Lin Russell, 45, and her daughter Megan, six, in Kent.
- Michael Stone, serving three life sentences for the murders, has always protested his innocence.
- Stone's solicitor Paul Bacon said Bellfield provided a four-page written confession detailing the killings.
TopicsDNA SampleCriminal Cases Review CommissionSerial Killer1996 MurdersMichael StoneLevi BellfieldWrongful Convictionlegal-judicialMurder Confession
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