Man in court on Milly murder charge

Amanda Dowler, known to her family as Milly, disappeared while walking home from school on March 21, 2002
12 April 2012

A man will appear in court on Friday accused of murdering Milly Dowler eight years ago.

Levi Bellfield, 41, is alleged to have kidnapped the 13-year-old as she walked in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in 2002.

Prosecutors claim he then killed her before dumping her body in Yateley Heath, Hampshire.

Bellfield, originally from West Drayton, Middlesex, is expected to appear by video link at Guildford Crown Court, Surrey, for a preliminary hearing.

The former nightclub doorman and wheelclamper was remanded in custody when he appeared by video link at Staines Magistrates Court on April 13.

Bellfield is also charged with attempting to kidnap 12-year-old Rachel Cowles the day before Milly disappeared.

Amanda Dowler, known to her family as Milly, disappeared while walking home from school on March 21, 2002.

Her skeletal remains were found six months later, 30 miles away, by mushroom pickers in a little-used area of woodland.

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