Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has said he will change the law to stop prisoners serving whole life sentences getting married in jail.
"Let me be crystal clear... I don't think it is appropriate and I'm going to change the law. We are committed to that," he said.
There was also a question around the risk of a "vulnerable" person marrying an offender as "egregious" as Bellfield, Mr Raab added."So on both factors, I'm committed to doing what we can to prevent that taking place."that Bellfield has told fellow inmates his legal battle is costing him nothing. He had previously been sentenced to a whole life term for the murders of students Marsha McDonnell in 2003 and Amelie Delagrange in 2004, and the attempted murder of another woman.that Bellfield had applied to marry an unnamed woman, Downing Street said then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson was "sickened and appalled" by the request, and his thoughts were with the victims' families.
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