Milly Dowler's family tell of their torment since Levi Bellfield's confession

Milly Dowler was raped in broad daylight then tortured for 14 hours: Schoolgirl's family reveal their torment since Levi Bellfield confessed horrifying details of his crime

Bellfield abducted, raped and strangled 13-year-old Milly in 2002
He was convicted in 2011 but it emerged last month he'd admitted crimes
Family have now released harrowing statement setting out his confession


The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler have spoken of their 'torment and pain' after her killer Levi Bellfield finally gave details of his shocking crimes.
In a harrowing statement, the family, who only learned of Milly's final hours 13 years after her death, said the teenager was raped in broad daylight and tortured before being strangled.
The family said they hoped Milly's 'soul, at long last, can finally rest in peace' now that the serial killer has given his account.

Milly was snatched from the street while on her way from school to her home in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in March 2002.
Her body was found in a wood in Yateley Heath, Hampshire - 25 miles from Walton-on-Thames.
Bellfield, 47, who now calls himself Yusuf Rahim, was given a whole-life prison sentence in June 2011 for the brutal slaughter of the teenager, but only admitted killing her after four years in prison.
It emerged today that he would only speak to female officers from Surrey Police when he decided to confess and gave them disturbing details of how he repeatedly raped, tortured and murdered Milly.


The family's statement contains the shocking details of Milly's final hours at the hands of Bellfield.
They state: 'Bellfield told the police that after abducting Milly and assaulting her at his flat a few yards from Walton Station, he then drove her to his Mother's house. He reversed down a long driveway and then raped her in broad daylight over the boot of his car.
'Bellfield then moved her to another location, where the rape and torture continued for a number of hours, until the next day when he finally strangled her to death.'

Bellfield only admitted killing Milly when an investigation was launched in to whether he had an accomplice, after he bragged to a fellow prison inmate about his crime
The family were told not to tell anyone about the information they had been given due to an investigation into a possible accomplice.
Last month Surrey Police said they had arrested a man in his 40s, but the suspect was released without charge after just 10 hours because there was no evidence.
Milly's family's statement continued: 'Hearing Bellfield's account of how Milly spent her final hours before being murdered was shocking enough, but the news that there could have been another individual involved was devastating.
'There are no words to describe the additional torment and pain we have been going through since we were told this information.'

They added: 'We had to remain silent for eight months whilst the police conducted their investigation. Finally, when they made the arrest of the suspected accomplice, the person was questioned and released without charge in less than 10 hours as there was no evidence found.
'The pressure this has put us under as a family has been unimaginable and has taken its toll on all of us. We have had to fight every step of the way to get this far.'
Bellfield was already in jail for the murders of Amelie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell when he was convicted, and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, when he went on trial accused of killing Milly.
In 2008 he had been given a whole-life term for murdering Ms McDonnell, 19, in 2003, and murdering Ms Delagrange, 22, and attempting to murder Ms Sheedy, 18, in 2004.