New photo Mother reveals how Levi Bellfield tried to lure her into his car when she was 17

Catherine Harvey (pictured), 33, has spoken following an ITV drama about the police operation to trap Levi Bellfield, whose victims included Milly Dowler

A mother has described how serial killer Levi Bellfield tried to abduct her from the street when she was a schoolgirl.

Catherine Harvey, 33, has spoken following an ITV drama about the police operation to trap the predator, whose victims included Milly Dowler.

She says she is in no doubt that the ‘horrible, sleazy’ man who attempted to lure her into his red car was Bellfield, adding his ‘really intimidating’ behaviour terrified her. 

Miss Harvey is one of three women to come forward following the screening this week of Manhunt to allege they were targeted by the killer.

The three-part series starred Martin Clunes as the Scotland Yard detective who caught Bellfield, now 50.

Miss Harvey, then 17, was approached by Bellfield in the summer of 2002 – weeks after he had abducted and killed Milly, 13, but before her body had been found. 

She had just finished her first year in the sixth form at Hinchley Wood school in Surrey and had decided to walk from her home in East Molesey along the A390 to Kingston upon Thames.

In 2011, Levi Bellfield (left) was found guilty of the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler (right). He is serving life in prison and has been told he will never be freed

Manhunt revealed how Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton, played by Men Behaving Badly star Clunes (left), was called in to investigate the August 2004 murder of Amelie Delagrange in Twickenham

Miss Harvey, who at the time had blonde highlights in her hair – like several of Bellfield’s victims – told the Daily Mail: ‘I was used to blokes shouting things from their windows. It used to happen a lot then. 

'I remember a red car pulling into a long lay-by just ahead of me and it made me nervous. 

'The driver was a horrible, dark haired, sleazy guy who had the windows down and as I pulled level asked me how old I was and where I was going and said he would give me a lift. He was really intimidating and really pushy.

‘I said “No thanks” and obviously I was terrified. He must have known that but he kept insisting I get in and was driving alongside me as I walked as quickly as I could along the lay-by.

‘In the end he ran out of room and he realised I wasn’t going to be persuaded so he sped off. He was obviously really angry and he spun his wheels and yanked the steering wheel round.

‘I told my parents about him. Later, when we saw the coverage of the Milly Dowler case, I felt physically sick because I thought about what had happened and that it could have been me too. 

'The picture of Bellfield was definitely the same guy and there was no doubt in my mind it was the same vehicle.’

Miss Harvey, now married with a young family, added: ‘Even now, watching the programme, it has made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end thinking about what if. And I wonder if I had reported it whether things might have been different.’

The ITV drama Manhunt re-tells the events leading up to the serial killer's arrest and stars Martin Clunes as detective Colin Sutton, who has inspired other women to come forward

Manhunt revealed how Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton, played by Men Behaving Badly star Clunes, was called in to investigate the August 2004 murder of Amelie Delagrange in Twickenham.

He realised the crime was linked to several others in the west London/Surrey area: Milly’s abduction and murder in Walton-on-Thames in March 2002, the murder of Marsha McDonnell in Hampton in February 2003 and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, who was deliberately run over by a van in Isleworth in May 2004.

Bellfield was convicted in 2008 of the murders of Miss McDonnell, 19, and Miss Delagrange, 22, and the attempted murder of Miss Sheedy, 18. 

In 2011, he was found guilty of the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler. He is serving life in prison and has been told he will never be freed.

Amelie Delagrange (left) was murdered on the night of August 19, 2004 while Marsha McDonnell, aged 19, (right) died from head wounds in Hampton on February 4, 2003, yards from her home after getting off a bus

Mr Sutton, now retired from the Met, was contacted by Miss Harvey on Twitter following the screening of Manhunt.

He suspects many more victims of peadophile Bellfield have yet to come forward.

Mr Sutton says Miss Harvey is one of three women to contact him since Manhunt was broadcast to say that Bellfield either sexually assaulted them or tried to lure them into his car.

‘I’ve made contact with them and... I’ve made arrangements to speak to those who want to be spoken to and to try and help them,’ he said. 

He told ITV News: ‘It’s not a complete surprise, to be honest. I’ve been involved in documentaries about Bellfield before and had the same effect. We just don’t know what the boundaries of this man’s offending were.’

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