Levi Bellfield: serial killer makes fresh confession to Lin and Megan Russell murder

Michael Stone is serving life for murder in 1996 of mother and daughter but has always maintained his innocence

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.

Bellfield’s solicitor has said her client is “adamant” he is responsible for the murders of Lin Russell, 45, and her daughter Megan, five, in Kent, in July 1996 – and feels he needs to “take responsibility” for the killings.