Milly Dowler serial killer Levi Bellfield wants to get married in prison

The serial killer who murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl Milly Dowler has got engaged and has asked for permission to have a prison wedding, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.

Levi Bellfield is serving two whole life orders for murdering Milly, plus Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange. He was handed 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. Bellfield was serving this sentence when he went on trial for killing Milly. Bellfield snatched her from the street when she walking from school to her home in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in March 2002. Bellfield was found guilty of abducting and killing the 13-year-old following a trial at the Old Bailey in 2011.

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Now the Sun reports that Bellfield has asked for permission to get married in prison - after he got down on one knee to propose to a female visitor in front of prison staff at HMP Frankland in County Durham.

Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told The Sun newspaper, which first reported the application, that Belfield's proposed prison nuptials “beggar belief”. He told The Sun: “Milly never got to see her wedding day. It cannot be right that he gets to have his.”

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.

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