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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chiara Giordano

Levi Bellfield: Prisons minister orders immediate review into serial killer’s ‘appalling’ plans to marry

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Prisons minister Victoria Atkins has ordered an immediate review into the request of serial killer Levi Bellfield to get married in prison, branding the proposed nuptials “absolutely appalling”.

She claimed the news called into question the workings of the Human Rights Act, saying Bellfield currently has a right under Article 12 to have his application for a wedding considered.

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