Stone 'will die in jail unless his conviction for murder is quashed

Killer says parole is admission of guilt

- MATTHEW YOUNG,DAN WARBURTON

JAILED Michael Stone will die in prison unless he can overturn his double murder conviction, his solicitor has revealed.

The lag was 37 when he was handed three life sentences for bludgeoning Dr Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan to death with a hammer.

But yesterday the Mirror revealed how Milly Dowler's killer, Levi Bellfield, 54, had sensationally signed a fresh confession, claiming he carried out the attack that also left nine-year-old Josie Russell with severe head injuries.

And Stone, 62, told us from prison: "I know Bellfield did those murders." Stone was jailed for a minimum of 25 years in 1998 and could go free as early as July after completing his sentence.

But he says that he is refusing to seek parole until his conviction for the murders, which took place in Chillenden, Kent, is quashed.