Bellfield facing three life sentences

Levi Bellfield - the prime suspect in the murder of Milly Dowler - is facing three life sentences.Bellfield, 39, was convicted at the Old Bailey on Monday of murdering students Amelie Delagrange, 22, and Marsha McDonnell, 19, and the attempted murder of schoolgirl Kate Sheedy, 18.He trawled bus stops and trailed buses late at night looking for young blondes on their own.He would offer them lifts and if they turned him down he would react with rage.Ms McDonnell was hit over the head with a hammer feet from her home in Hampton, west London, after getting off a bus in February in 2003.Bellfield - a former nightclub bouncer - followed school head Kate Sheedy as she got off a bus near her house in Isleworth in May 2004.When she tried to avoid him Bellfield ran over her twice in a bid to make sure she was dead.But the teenager survived the horrific attack to testify against him.Ms Delagrange was hit over the head with a heavy instrument such as a hammer in August 2004 after getting off at the wrong bus stop.Bellfield followed her as she walked home in Twickenham Green, west London, and attacked her after trying to pick her up on the local cricket green.Miss Sheedy said outside the court: "The fact that Bellfield has been found guilty means more to me than I can possibly say. I have waited for nearly four years for this day."Bellfield had pleaded not guilty to the crimes but Brian Altman, prosecuting, told a pre-trial hearing: "He hated women. He hated blonde women."The attacks were consistent "with someone who has great animosity to women".He told the jury: "These women were targeted victims of a predatory man who stalked bus stops and bus routes in vehicles looking for young women to attack."© Independent Television News Limited 2008. All rights reserved.

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