{"id":171175,"date":"2023-02-17T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=171175"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:11:15","slug":"what-happened-to-lin-and-meghan-russell-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/what-happened-to-lin-and-meghan-russell-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Lin and Meghan Russell? | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A brutal murder of a doctor and her daughter was to shock an entire nation.<\/p>\n<p>After Dr Lin Russell and her two daughters were subjected to a horrific attack, it left the mother and one daughter dead while her other daughter was to miraculously survive the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LEGAL-Bellfield-13355668jpg-JS709832058.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>When were Lin and Megan Russell murdered in Chillenden?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dr Lin Russell 45, and her six-year-old daughter Megan were murdered in a brutal hammer attack\u00a0on July 9, 1996.<\/p>\n<p>They were walking home down a quiet country lane after a school swimming competition when they were set upon.<\/p>\n<p>The mum and her two daughters were tied up, blindfolded and beaten with a hammer in an attempted robbery.<\/p>\n<p>A documentary entitled &quot;The Chillenden Murders&quot; aired on the BBC 21 years later and featured a team of independent experts reviewing the case and the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC synopsis read: &quot;With backgrounds in policing, forensics, law and criminology, they attempt to shed new light on the case and uncover the truth, whatever it may turn out to be.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Who is Michael Stone?<\/h2>\n<p>The heroin addict, of Gillingham, Kent, is alleged to have carried out the double murder which shocked the nation.<\/p>\n<p>It sparked one of the biggest manhunts in British police history.<\/p>\n<p>Stone, then aged 37, was arrested just over a year after the attack and charged.<\/p>\n<p>He was handed three life sentences being found guilty at two trials &#8211; he also lost an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The basis of his conviction was a confession to a fellow prisoner.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What happened to Josie Russell during the attack? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Josie, then aged nine, survived the horrific attack despite suffering life-threatening head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>It was initially feared she had been killed along with her mum and sister but despite catastrophic injuries, she pulled through.<\/p>\n<p>Brave Josie graduated from Coleg Menai in Bangor with a degree in graphic design in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>She started making and selling greetings cards at art fairs before moving on to producing textile landscapes which now command up to \u00a3500 each.<\/p>\n<p>She showcases her work on her website www.josierussell.com\u00a0and displays it in art galleries, where it is in huge demand.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to help from her dad and a trust fund boosted by the Criminal Injury Compensation Board, Josie has bought her family\u2019s former home.<\/p>\n<p>Preserved within its walls are treasured memories of her mum Lin and little sister Megan.<\/p>\n<p>She recently announced she is due to get married, after becoming engaged to fire alarm engineer Iwan.<\/p>\n<p>Her fianc\u00e9 did not know anything about her horrific ordeal when they first met and Josie said they never talk about the past.<\/p>\n<p>She said she planned to have children and follow her mum&#x27;s example and be a hands-on parent.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Michael Stone still in prison?<\/h2>\n<p>Stone, then aged 37, was arrested just over a year after the attack and charged.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to life behind bars after being found guilty at two trials and also lost an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, he was eligible for parole but refused the opportunity as it would mean admitting his guilt.<\/p>\n<p>The basis of his conviction was a confession to a fellow prisoner. He remains in jail.<\/p>\n<h3>Most read in news<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021-australian-police-issued-fresh-665897494.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-3wkh5j\"><span>HORROR FIND <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Human remains in Oz Outback &#x27;could be&#x27; missing Brit backpacker Peter Falconio<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-london-united-kingdom-london-796379809.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-3wkh5j\"><span>GALE FORCE <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Yellow warning &amp; danger to life alert as Storm Otto lashes UK with fierce gales<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OFF-LI-SS.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-3wkh5j\"><span>DOUBLE MURDER <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Who is Michael Stone? Murderer who attacked Lin, Megan and Josie Russell<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/newspress-collage-21416787-1676623675718.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-3wkh5j\"><span>SLAIN COLONEL <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Putin&#x27;s colonel killed in Ukraine &#x27;combat mission&#x27; in blow to war efforts<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What evidence did Michael Stone&#x27;s legal team claim links Levi Bellfield to the crime?<\/h2>\n<p>Michael Stone\u00a0was convicted of the murders in 2001 but according to his legal team, new evidence was put forward in 2017 casting doubt on his guilt.<\/p>\n<p>According to BBC Wales \u00a0his legal team had evidence linking\u00a0Levi Bellfield\u00a0to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the twice convicted murderer of Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan in Kent in 1996, said they had new evidence of his innocence, including a &quot;very detailed confession&quot; to the killings from serial killer Bellfield.<\/p>\n<p>However Bellfield denied both allegations of the murders and the confession when contacted by BBC Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Bellfield is already serving two life sentences, including for the murder of 13-year-old\u00a0Milly Dowler\u00a0as she walked home from school in Surrey in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>The nightclub bouncer is known as the &#x27;bus stop killer&#x27; as he would ambush females with a hammer from behind.<\/p>\n<p>He had already been convicted of murdering 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell in 2003, Amelie Delagrange, 22, in 2004 and attempting to kill 18-year-old Kate Sheedy, when he was found guilty of Milly&#x27;s murder in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe Bellfield could be linked to other crimes across the country where blunt instruments were used to attack women.<\/p>\n<p>Lin and her two daughters were attacked as they walked the family dog down a country lane in Chillenden, near Dover.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/3678098\/chillenden-murders-michael-stone-lin-russell-megan-josie-engaged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brutal murder of a doctor and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":171174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What happened to Lin and Meghan Russell? 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