May 17, 1968 Levi Bellfield born in Isleworth

October 14, 2001 Anna-Marie Rennie, 17, attacked in Hospital Bridge Road, Witton, southwest London, by Bellfield. She flees and four years later identifies him in video identity parade, but the jury failed to reach a verdict on a charge of kidnapping and false imprisonment

March 21, 2002 Milly Dowler abducted and murdered as she walked from Walton-on-Thames station to her home. CCTV picture reveals figure, possibly Milly, standing near a car

September 18, 2002 Milly’s body found in Yateley Heath Forest, near Fleet, Hampshire

February 04, 2003 Marsha McDonnell, 19, murdered near her home in Priory Road, Hampton, southwest London. CCTV shows Bellfield’s Vauxhall Corsa car “stalking” her bus

February 10, 2003 Bellfield sells Corsa that he bought for £6,000 just five months earlier for £1,500

December 16, 2003 Irma Dragoshi, 39, is attacked at Longford Village, southwest London, by Bellfield. The jury failed to reach a verdict on a charge of attempted murder

May 28, 2004 Kate Sheedy, 18, seriously injured after Bellfield runs over her near her home in Isleworth, southwest London

August 19, 2004 Amelie Delagrange, 22, murdered by Bellfield as she walks home in Twickenham. CCTV shows Bellfield’s van in area and parked at green at the time of attack

August 25, 2004 Bellfield has breakdown, takes overdose and tells friend: “You don’t know what I have done.”

November 09, 2004 Bellfield becomes suspect

November 22, 2004 8.30am, Metropolitan Police arrest Bellfield

February to March 2005 Bellfield confesses to prison cellmate to killing Amelie Delagrange

March 30, 2005 Bellfield picked out in video parade by Anna-Marie Rennie

October 2007 Murder trial starts

February 25, 2008: Bellfield convicted of murders

IN FIGURES

Levi Bellfield is 6ft 1in and weighed 20st at arrest (he has lost 5st on on HMP diet plan)

Bellfield had 11 children by five different women

Both murder victims (Delagrange and McDonnell) hit three times with blunt instrument

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