In the first of a two-part True Crime story exclusive to Mail+, award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright revisits the case of Levi Bellfield, a London wheel clamper and nightclub bouncer in his 30s who was unmasked as a misogynistic serial killer behind a series of brutal hammer attacks on young, blonde women. Mail+ talks to Bellfield's biographer and the police who investigated the case to ask, could the killer have been stopped earlier... and did he escape justice over other murders?

<p>In the first of a two-part True Crime story exclusive to Mail+, award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright revisits the case of Levi Bellfield, a London wheel clamper and nightclub bouncer in his 30s who was unmasked as a misogynistic serial killer behind a series of brutal hammer attacks on young, blonde women. Mail+ talks to Bellfield's biographer and the police who investigated the case to ask, could the killer have been stopped earlier... and did he escape justice over other murders?</p>

Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to top detectives, lawyers, victims and relatives to take an in-depth look at crimes that have shocked Britain (and the world), as well as revisiting some of his landmark stories and campaigns. From serial murderers to child killers, ruthless gangsters to corrupt police, psychopaths to paedophiles, celebrity criminals to audacious conmen, he untangles the mysteries and the secrets behind the headlines.

<p>Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to top detectives, lawyers, victims and relatives to take an in-depth look at crimes that have shocked Britain (and the world), as well as revisiting some of his landmark stories and campaigns. From serial murderers to child killers, ruthless gangsters to corrupt police, psychopaths to paedophiles, celebrity criminals to audacious conmen, he untangles the mysteries and the secrets behind the headlines.</p>