Timeline

15 October 2001:  Levi Bellfield attempts to abduct Anna-Maria Rennie. He fails.

20 March 2002:  Rachel Cowles is stopped by a man thought to be Levi Bellfield and offered a lift in a red car.

21 March 2002:  Milly Dowler disappears after getting off the train at Walton-on-Thames, close to Levi Bellfield’s home.

18 September 2002:  Milly Dowler’s remains are found on Yateley Heath Wood in Hampshire.

4 February 2003:  Marsha McDonnell is murdered by Levi Bellfield in Hampton, Surrey.

28 May 2004:  Levi Bellfield attempts to murder Kate Sheedy by running her over in Isleworth. She survives.

19 August 2004:  Amelie Delagrange is murdered by Levi Bellfield as she crosses Twickenham Green.

25 February 2008:  Levi Bellfield receives a life sentence for the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.

23 June 2011:  Levi Bellfield receives another life sentence for the murder of Milly Dowler

27 January 2016:  Surrey Police reveal that Bellfield has admitted to the crime for the first time