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| Stalker murder case jury retires | Stalker murder case jury retires |
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| A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the case of a man accused of stalking and killing two women near bus stops in west London. | |
| Levi Bellfield, 39, of west London, is accused of killing student Amelie Delagrange, 22, in August 2004, and Marsha McDonnell, 19, in February 2003. | Levi Bellfield, 39, of west London, is accused of killing student Amelie Delagrange, 22, in August 2004, and Marsha McDonnell, 19, in February 2003. |
| Mr Bellfield has told the Old Bailey he is the victim of mistaken identity. | Mr Bellfield has told the Old Bailey he is the victim of mistaken identity. |
| He denies two counts of murder and two charges of attempted murder between 2001 and 2004. | He denies two counts of murder and two charges of attempted murder between 2001 and 2004. |
| Mr Bellfield also denies the kidnap and false imprisonment of 17-year-old Anna-Maria Rennie. | |
| During the three-and-a-half-month trial the prosecution alleged Mr Bellfield trawled buses and bus stops for women and attacked them when they rejected him. | |
| Miss Delagrange and Miss McDonnell were both hit on the head with a heavy object. |