Milly accused 'cleared out clothes'

A FRIEND of murder accused Levi Bellfield said yesterday that he helped clear out bags of clothes and a mattress the day after Milly Dowler was killed.

The 13-year-old is alleged to have been snatched off the street and murdered by Bellfield the day before in a flat in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in 2002.

Malcolm Ward, 20 at the time, said he helped him load the items into a van which was driven to Bellfield's new address.

Mr Ward said he was working with Bellfield at a club in Uxbridge and was asked to help decorate a kitchen in West Drayton, because he was moving. But after three hours, Bellfield drove him to Walton to move items, he told the Old Bailey.

Mr Ward said: "He was grabbing stuff, clothes, tracksuit bottoms and hoodies, and putting them in two black bags."

Bellfield, 43, denies abducting and murdering Milly and attempting to kidnap 11-year-old Rachel Cowles in March 2002.