Serial killer to give DNA sample after claiming he murdered mum and daughter 30 years ago

Serial killer to give DNA sample after claiming he murdered mum and daughter 30 years agoImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Serial killer Levi Bellfield claimed in 2022 that he murdered Lin and Megan RussellByCatriona AitkenBBC WalesPublished48 minutes agoA DNA sample will be taken from a serial killer who has claimed he is responsible for the murders of a mother and daughter 30 years ago.The bodies of Lin Russell, 45, and her daughter Megan, six, were found in Chillenden, Kent, on 9 July, 1996. Megan's sister Josie Russell, then nine, was left for dead with severe head injuries.Now, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is re-examining evidence after serial killer Levi Bellfield reportedly admitted the murders.It previously said it had taken a fresh DNA sample from Michael Stone - the man convicted of killing the pair, who is serving three life prison sentences.It has now confirmed a sample will also be taken from Bellfield.Image source, Press Association/Kent PoliceImage caption, The Russell family had moved to Kent from Gwynedd a few months before Lin and Megan were murderedStone has twice been found guilty of the murders of Lin and Megan and the attempted murder of Josie .Following the murders, Josie and her father returned to live in Dyffryn Nantlle, Gwynedd, where they had moved from just a few months before the murders, and where she now works as an artist.Stone has always protested his innocence.In 2022, Stone's solicitor Paul Bacon said he had received a four-page statement, written by Bellfield, which admitted to and detailed the killings.Last week, Bacon said he was "very hopeful" the CCRC review and Stone's DNA test "will eventually lead to the real culprit being found"."We hope then to be able to bring Michael before the Court of Appeal, and for him to regain his freedom after all these years of incarceration," he said.A CCRC spokesperson said: "We intend to obtain a sample from Mr Bellfield. No...