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A man has been found guilty of murdering two students he stalked at bus stops.A man has been found guilty of murdering two students he stalked at bus stops.
Levi Bellfield, 39, was convicted of killing Amelie Delagrange, 22, and Marsha McDonnell, 19, in south-west London.Levi Bellfield, 39, was convicted of killing Amelie Delagrange, 22, and Marsha McDonnell, 19, in south-west London.
He has also been found guilty of the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.He has also been found guilty of the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.
Bellfield, of West Drayton, west London, carried out the attacks between 2001 and 2004. He will be sentenced on Tuesday. Bellfield, of West Drayton, west London, carried out the attacks between 2001 and 2004. He will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.
The former bouncer is also suspected of carrying out 20 other attacks on women including six attempted date rapes involving drugs. During the trial the prosecution said Bellfield trawled buses and bus stops for women and attacked them when they rejected him.
And he is due to be questioned over the murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler, who went missing on her way home from school in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey on 21 March 2002. Miss McDonnell was "bludgeoned to death" just yards from her front door after she got off a bus in February 2003.
Bellfield stalked lone women at bus stopsPolice believe more victims who were scared of him will now come forward. Bellfield stalked lone women at bus stops
The prosecution said Bellfield trawled buses and bus stops for women and attacked them when they rejected him. And in August 2004 Miss Delagrange died from severe head injuries following an attack on Twickenham Green when she was walking home after missing her bus stop.
Both Miss Delagrange and Miss McDonnell were hit over the head with a blunt instrument but no weapon has ever been found. Miss Sheedy suffered extensive injuries when she got off a bus and was hit by a car which reversed back over her before driving off in May 2004 when she was 18.
Bellfield told the trial he was the victim of mistaken identity. Police revealed after the trial that Bellfield is also suspected of carrying out 20 other attacks on women, including six attempted date rapes involving drugs.
They believe more victims will now come forward.
'Safer city'
Outside court Det Ch Insp Colin Sutton, from the Metropolitan Police, said Londoners could feel safer after the verdicts.
Bellfield is also due to be questioned over the murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler, who went missing on her way home from school in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey on 21 March 2002.
The jury of seven women and five men was unable to reach verdicts on two other charges. These were the kidnap and false imprisonment of Anna-Maria Rennie, 17, and the attempted murder of hairdresser Irma Dragoshi, 33.The jury of seven women and five men was unable to reach verdicts on two other charges. These were the kidnap and false imprisonment of Anna-Maria Rennie, 17, and the attempted murder of hairdresser Irma Dragoshi, 33.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not seek a retrial on the two counts.