Milly Dowler killer asks permission to marry in prison
Last updated 12th May 2022
Serial killer Levi Bellfield is engaged and has requested a prison wedding.
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed he's applied to marry a woman who's been visiting him at Frankland jail in County Durham.
Bellfield's serving two whole-life sentences for the murders of Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange.
He added: "Milly never got to see her wedding day. It cannot be right that he gets to have his."
Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told The Sun newspaper, which first reported the news, that the proposed prison nuptials "beggars belief".
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "An application has been received and is being considered in the usual way."
However, it is understood that Bellfield's application is still being processed and is not at any further advanced stage.
The 53-year-old killer would need the permission of the prison governor to marry at the category A men's prison.
Bellfield was given a whole life term for murdering Ms McDonnell, 19, in 2003, and murdering Ms Delagrange, 22, and attempting to murder Kate Sheedy, 18, in 2004.
He was already serving this sentence when he went on trial for killing schoolgirl Milly, who was snatched from the street walking from school to her home in Walton-on-Thames in March 2002.
Bellfield was found guilty of abducting and killing the 13-year-old following a trial at the Old Bailey in 2011.