Hero cop cradled hammer attack victim Josie Russell in his arms after spotting 'twitch'

Retired cop Richard Leivers is haunted by the blood-stained scene of the Chillenden murders – initially thinking all three victims were dead before he saw Josie Russell twitchThe scene in Chillenden after Lin and Megan Russell were killed (Image: Kent News and Pictures)A police officer has revealed how he spotted a flicker of life in hammer attack victim Josie Russell – before cradling her in his arms and rushing her to hospital. Retired Kent Police officer Richard Leivers says he is haunted by the blood-stained scene of the Chillenden murders in 1996. He believed there were no survivors after Dr Lin Russell, 45, and her two daughters, Josie, then nine, and Megan, six, had been bludgeoned. But as he surveyed the woodland on Cherry Garden Lane in the idyllic Kent countryside he noticed Josie’s shoulder “twitch”. Re-living the nightmare Mr Leivers said: “You could see that three people were laying on the floor and the dog a little later on. I went in and shone the light, there was blood from the top of their heads and blood on their faces down their clothes. Their lives were over. They had been tied to the tree and the rope was cut
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