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Levi Bellfield admits killing British teen Milly Dowler

Despite his conviction for the girl’s murder, this is the first time he has ever admitted it to police.

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SERIAL KILLER LEVI Bellfield has for the first time admitted murdering British teenager Milly Dowler in 2002.

The 13-year-old girl was on her way home from school when she was snatched. Her body was later found in a wooded area. She had been raped and experts were unable to determine the cause of death.

When Bellfield went on trial for the girl’s murder, he was already in prison for the murders of Amelie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell and for the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.

Today Surrey Police said Bellfield, who now calls himself Yusuf Rahim, had admitted his responsibility for the abduction, rape and murder of Milly Dowler.

“Despite his conviction, this is the first time Bellfield has made such admissions to police,” they said in a statement.

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His confession came during an investigation into whether the serial killer had an accomplice. Police said they arrested a man in his 40s today in relation to allegations of rape and assisting an offender.

Police have thoroughly investigated this claim and as the final part of their inquiries made the arrest today. The man arrested has subsequently been released with no further action as no evidence has been found to support the allegations.

They said the murdered girl’s family have requested that their privacy should be respected “as they continue to grieve for the loss of their beloved daughter Milly in such appalling circumstances”.

Read: Dowlers believed murdered daughter Milly was still alive after phone hacking>

Read: Ex-policeman who leaked Milly Dowler information to The Sun has been jailed>

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    Apr 30th 2019, 8:20 AM

    The article says “white supremacist” but the definition of what classifies a white supremacist has slipped over the years. Who knows if he was actually targeting white supremacists or just regular conservatives he labelled as such. It’s also ironic that they both hate Jews. We live in a weird world. If only the radicalised nutters could go at each other without innocent people being involved. Fair play to the FBI.

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    Apr 30th 2019, 8:43 AM

    @Toomasu Sumitsu: the definition hasn’t changed, only people’s perception of what is acceptable as they forget history.

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    Apr 30th 2019, 9:13 AM

    @The Guru: the terms racist, Nazi and white supremacist are often thrown around to describe anybody to the right of Bernie Sanders. They don’t even carry any weight anymore the looney left diluted their meaning so much.

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    Apr 30th 2019, 7:35 AM

    Amazing that they never seem to be able to prevent the attacks of actual white supremacists despite living out their lives in plain site.

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    Apr 30th 2019, 7:42 AM

    @Nicky O’Donnell:

    That’s a strange comment

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    Apr 30th 2019, 7:42 AM

    @Nicky O’Donnell:

    That’s a strange comment

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    Apr 30th 2019, 7:50 AM

    @Duncan: you can say that again!

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    Apr 30th 2019, 10:33 AM

    @Nicky O’Donnell: Indeed a very strange comment!

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    Apr 30th 2019, 8:30 AM

    26 year old veteran!! Did he join on his fifth birthday

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    Apr 30th 2019, 8:53 AM

    @Garreth Mc Mahon: In the US if you served a tour of active duty and received an honorable discharge you meet the criteria for being a veteran

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    Apr 30th 2019, 9:20 AM

    @Darren Tully: is honorable discharge a nice of saying thanks for letting us use you now piss off

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    Apr 30th 2019, 9:24 AM

    The FBI have a dubious history of picking no-hopers and through ‘informants’ radicalising them further and providing them with money and material they would never have for themselves, then declaring they’d busted a major terrorist plot, when the whole thing was put together by the FBI. This story has echoes of that type of thing.
    https://theintercept.com/2015/03/16/howthefbicreatedaterrorist/

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    Apr 30th 2019, 9:30 AM

    @Squiddley Diddley: Buy your tin foil hats in bulk do you?

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    Apr 30th 2019, 9:39 AM

    @Kazoochka: It actually happens.

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    Apr 30th 2019, 11:52 AM

    @Squiddley Diddley: For those naive enough to think this doesn’t happen, a Human Rights Watch report from the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School on the practice (It’s a pdf): http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/usterrorism0714_ForUpload_1_0.pdf

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    Apr 30th 2019, 5:21 PM

    @Kazoochka: he provides sources??

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    Apr 30th 2019, 6:07 PM

    @Squiddley Diddley: ur gonna get sheeple putting you down about your comments like ur man with the tinfoil hat comment. What ur saying has actual weight to it one read that article but I was wearing a tinfoil balaclava so it was in my eyes a bit :D

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    Apr 30th 2019, 9:47 AM

    Somebody should really inform the FBI that now plays for Liverpool, westing the #3 shirt and goes by the name of Fabinho!!

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