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A nightclub doorman murdered two female students and attacked three other women, the Old Bailey has heard. | A nightclub doorman murdered two female students and attacked three other women, the Old Bailey has heard. |
French student Amelie Delagrange, 22, and gap year student Marsha McDonnell, 19, both died after being struck on the head with blunt objects. | French student Amelie Delagrange, 22, and gap year student Marsha McDonnell, 19, both died after being struck on the head with blunt objects. |
All the attacks happened in a small part of south-west London between October 2001 and August 2004. | All the attacks happened in a small part of south-west London between October 2001 and August 2004. |
Levi Bellfield, 39, from West Drayton, west London, denies two murder charges and five other charges. | Levi Bellfield, 39, from West Drayton, west London, denies two murder charges and five other charges. |
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Brian Altman, prosecuting, said: "There are such similarities between the offences that the chances of them having been committed by two or more men working independently can safely and sensibly be excluded, such that all the offences were the work of one man and that man was Levi Bellfield." | |
Amelie Delagrange came to London to improve her English | Amelie Delagrange came to London to improve her English |
Mr Bellfield is also charged with the attempted murders of former convent school head girl Kate Sheedy, then 18, and Irma Dragoshi, then 36. | Mr Bellfield is also charged with the attempted murders of former convent school head girl Kate Sheedy, then 18, and Irma Dragoshi, then 36. |
Miss Sheedy became a hit-and-run victim as she walked home from a night out on 28 May, 2004. | |
She got off a bus in Isleworth and was hit by a car which reversed back over her. | She got off a bus in Isleworth and was hit by a car which reversed back over her. |
Mrs Dragoshi was attacked in Longford, West Drayton, west London, on 16 December, 2003. | Mrs Dragoshi was attacked in Longford, West Drayton, west London, on 16 December, 2003. |
She has since recovered, but the injury left her with amnesia. | She has since recovered, but the injury left her with amnesia. |
Circumstantial evidence | |
Mr Bellfield further denies the kidnap and false imprisonment of Anna-Maria Rennie, then 17, on 14 October 2001. | |
She was at a bus stop in Twickenham, south-west London, when she was approached and an attempt was made to bundle her into a car. | She was at a bus stop in Twickenham, south-west London, when she was approached and an attempt was made to bundle her into a car. |
Mr Altman said there was direct evidence linking Mr Bellfield to the attacks on Anna-Maria Rennie and Irma Dragoshi and "compelling" circumstantial evidence linking him to the other three crimes. | |
He also said the cases of Miss McDonnell, Miss Delagrange and Miss Sheedy were linked by the "non-coincidental presence" at each of a vehicle associated with Mr Bellfield. | |
The case continues. | The case continues. |