Milly Dowler: final hours of teen's life revealed by parents

Schoolgirl's family hope she can 'finally rest in peace' after Levi Bellfield confesses to the 2002 crime

Levi Bellfield and Milly Dowler
Schoolgirl Milly Dowler disappeared in 2002, on her way home from school

The family of murdered teenager Milly Dowler have revealed for the first time what happened to her after she was abducted by Levi Bellfield on her way home from school in 2002.

Bellfield, who converted to Islam five years ago and now goes by the name Yusuf Rahim, was convicted of the murder in 2011, more than eight years after Milly's body was discovered in Hampshire woodlands. The former bouncer, with a history of violence, was already serving life sentences for the murders of two other women.

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