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| Levi Bellfield denies Milly Dowler murder confession | Levi Bellfield denies Milly Dowler murder confession |
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| Serial killer Levi Bellfield has denied confessing to the abduction, rape and killing of 13-year-old Milly Dowler. | Serial killer Levi Bellfield has denied confessing to the abduction, rape and killing of 13-year-old Milly Dowler. |
| His solicitor Julia Cooper has asked Surrey Police to explain their statement that he had confessed to the murder. | His solicitor Julia Cooper has asked Surrey Police to explain their statement that he had confessed to the murder. |
| Bellfield, 47, was given a whole-life prison sentence in June 2011 for murdering the schoolgirl. | Bellfield, 47, was given a whole-life prison sentence in June 2011 for murdering the schoolgirl. |
| Milly was kidnapped while on her way from school to her home in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in March 2002. | |
| Ms Cooper said Bellfield, now known as Yusuf Rahim, believed a "covert tape" may have been used to record his response to a police interview in prison. | |
| She said "my client denies giving a confession". | |
| She has written to Surrey Police requesting the tape recording and notes from the meeting. | |
| Ms Cooper said Bellfield contacted her very soon after Surrey Police put out its press statement relating to the Dowler case. | |
| She said Bellfield denies all the crimes for which he has been convicted. |