Serial killer Levi Bellfield FINALLY admits abducting, raping and killing Milly Dowler

SERIAL killer Levi Bellfield has admitted abducting, raping and killing schoolgirl Milly Dowler for the first time, police have revealed. Bellfield, who was sentenced to life in jail in June 2011 for the 13-year-old's murder, made the admission during an investigation into whether he had an accomplice.

Levi Bellfield had never openly confessed to killing 13-year-old Milly Dowler

 Surrey Police also revealed they arrested a man in his 40s today before releasing him without charge over the allegation, after finding there was no evidence to support it.

Milly was abducted and killed on her way home from school

  A police spokesman said: "During this investigation police have also spoken to Levi Bellfield and he has admitted his responsibility for the abduction, rape and murder of Milly Dowler.

Milly's parents and sister outside the Old Bailey following Bellfield's conviction

 "Despite his conviction, this is the first time Bellfield has made such admissions to police. Milly was snatched from the street while on her way from school to her home in Walton-on-Thames in March 2002.

Bellfield turns away from police as they interview him in 2005 over the death of Ms Delagrange

Bellfield, 47, was found guilty of abducting and killing her following a trial at the Old Bailey. In February 2012 he lost a bid to challenge his conviction at the Court of Appeal in London.

The tragic schoolgirl was found 25 miles from her home

 The twisted killer was already in jail for the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange when he went on trial for Milly's murder. Bellfield, a former nightclub bouncer, got a life term in 2008 for killing Ms McDonnell, 19, in 2003 and Ms Delagrange, 22, in 2004.

Experts could not say how Milly died

He was also convicted of the attempted murder of 18-year-old Kate Sheedy. Milly's body was found in a wood in Yateley Heath, Hants, 25 miles from her home. Experts could not say how the schoolgirl died.

 Bellfield, who now calls himself Yusuf Rahim, lived 50 yards from where Milly vanished but did not become a suspect until he was arrested by police in London for the other crimes in 2004.

Milly's body was found in a wood in Yateley Heath, Hants, 25 miles from her home. Experts could not say how the schoolgirl died. Bellfield, who now calls himself Yusuf Rahim, lived 50 yards from where Milly vanished but did not become a suspect until he was arrested by police in London for the other crimes in 2004.