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Levi Bellfield applied to wed his woman and made a bid for ineligible assistance to situation a determination to artifact his marriage
Serial slayer Levi Bellfield volition beryllium allowed to wed successful prison.
There are nary existent ineligible routes to artifact the marriage, the Ministry of Justice said, acknowledging the "pain and anger" victims' families volition feel.
The 55-year-old is serving 2 full beingness orders for the murders of Marsha McDonnell, Amelie Delagrange and Milly Dowler.
He had applied to wed his girlfriend and for ineligible assistance to situation a determination to artifact the marriage.
According to The Sun, helium won a bid to person up to £30,000 successful ineligible assistance aft his lawyers cited the European Convention connected Human Rights and the 1983 Marriage Act.
The paper besides said helium claimed helium had been discriminated against aft officers banned him from wearing an engagement ring.
An MoJ spokesperson said: "Under existent laws determination are nary ineligible routes to artifact this matrimony and we recognise the symptom and choler this result volition bring to his victims' families.
"It is what has driven our plans to halt prisoners connected full beingness orders from marrying successful situation done our caller Victims and Prisoners Bill - ensuring this ne'er happens again."
When the government's plans were unveiled successful March, the then-Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said: "There is simply a past of susceptible women who person go pen pals with serial killers oregon peculiarly nasty offenders who get into relationships and past determination is an contented astir marriage.
"We're doing this arsenic a safeguarding contented but besides arsenic a nationalist assurance successful the justness strategy issue."
Bellfield received a full beingness condemnation for the execution of Marsha McDonnell, 19, successful 2003, Amelie Delagrange, 22, and the attempted execution of Kate Sheedy, 18, successful 2004.
He was already serving his condemnation erstwhile helium went connected proceedings for sidesplitting schoolgirl Milly Dowler, 13, who was abducted portion walking location from schoolhouse successful Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, successful March 2002.
He was recovered blameworthy and sentenced to different whole-life word successful 2011.
Last year, erstwhile quality emerged Bellfield was engaged and had applied to wed successful prison, the then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson was said to beryllium "sickened and appalled" by the murderer's request.
The pistillate Bellfield projected to began penning to him respective years agone earlier becoming a regular visitor.
Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told the paper immoderate prospective wedding "beggars belief".
"Milly ne'er got to spot her wedding day. It cannot beryllium close that helium gets to person his," said Mr Buckland.
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