The family of a teenager that serial killer Levi Bellfield claims to have murdered in 1999 accused the Metropolitan Police of failing to take the case seriously because their race and her gender.
Bellfield’s solicitor confirmed he had signed a written confession to the kidnap, rape, assault and killing of university student Elizabeth Chau, 19.
Elizabeth was caught on CCTV walking home but disappeared from Uxbridge Road near Ealing police station.
Lawyer Theresa Clark says Bellfield, 54, admits to “bundling her in a van” and detailing “where she is buried”, as well as “admitting five other attempted murders”.
Bellfield is serving a whole-life term for murdering 13-year-old Milly Dowler, French student Amélie Delagrange, 22, and Marsha McDonnell, 19 between 2002 and 2004. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, 18, in 2004.
Elizabeth’s relatives, including her sister, Bic-Hang, 48, brother, Minh-Vu, 51, and mother, Phung, 76, told the Guardian although Bellfield could be manipulative, detectives had been slow to discover whether he is telling the truth.
Bic-Hang said: “From the beginning to now the police have failed us. Their lack of care is utterly shocking and traumatising. We have felt ignored and dismissed because of our race and Elizabeth’s gender.”
Last year, Bellfield confessed to the murders of Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan in Chillenden, Kent, 27 years ago. A review is expected to conclude he did not kill them.
Former Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton, who caught the ex-car clamper for schoolgirl Milly’s killing, previously suggested that Bellfield is trying to “make the news again”, adding: “He does like to stir the pot and cause confusion and misery.
“There is a narcissism that makes him want to be the centre of attention and to be relevant and important again.”
The Met told the Standard: “We are not prepared to provide an ongoing commentary. We have no comment to make.”
