had started writing to him two years previously, before becoming a visitor on a regular basis. Bellfield would need the permission of the governor at HM Prison Frankland. In popular media The investigation that led to Bellfield's arrest was dramatised by ITV in a three-part television series that premiered in early 2019; Manhunt was adapted from the memoir of Colin Sutton, with actor Martin Clunes playing Sutton. The third episode of the eight-part series Making a Monster, commissioned by the Crime & Investigation channel, focuses on Levi Bellfield's character and motivations. The Real Manhunter aired on Sky Crime in 2021 with the second episode exploring the Levi Bellfield investigation. Colin Sutton and his original team of Metropolitan Police detectives described everything from the moment Bellfield was identified through to his arrest, trial and conviction. See also List of serial killers by country Murders of Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon David Smith – contemporary killer of women who also operated from south-west London Murder of Alison Shaughnessy – when some of the charges against Bellfield were forced to be dropped in 2011 due to prejudicial reporting, it was compared to the Shaughnessy case Colin Campbell – infamous 1980s killer and abductor of women in west London References Further reading 1968 births 20th-century English criminals 21st-century English criminals British people convicted of attempted murder British people convicted of burglary British people convicted of kidnapping British people convicted of theft Converts to Islam Criminals from London English male criminals English murderers of children English Muslims English people convicted of assault English people convicted of murder English prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment English Romani people English rapists English serial killers Living people Male serial killers People convicted of murder by England and Wales People from Isleworth Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales Romani criminals Romani Muslims Security guards convicted of crimes Violence against women in England