Family of Levi Bellfield victim cannot 'bear to think' of him marrying

EXCLUSIVE: Devastated family of 19-year-old girl clubbed to death by hammer-wielding monster Levi Bellfield cannot even ‘bear to think’ about him marrying his besotted girlfriend in prison

• Levi Bellfield, 55, will be given permission to marry while serving life behind bars
• The family of one of his victims, Marsha McDonnell, cannot ‘bear to think’ of it 

The devastated family of one of Levi Bellfield’s victims have revealed that they cannot even ‘bear to think’ about him being allowed to marry his besotted girlfriend in prison.

According to reports, the 55-year-old murderer, who is serving life at Durham’s Frankland Prison is to be given permission to marry despite police officers and MPs claiming that it was ‘grotesque’ and an ‘insult to the victims and their families’ and demanded that legislation to prevent the marriage was sped up.

Ute McDonnell, 67, whose daughter Marsha, 19 was clubbed to death with a hammer by the monster in February 2003 after a night out with friends, told MailOnline: ‘It’s not something that I can bring myself to even think about and nor do I want to. I don’t want to hear about what this man is getting up to in prison.

‘We are just trying to get on with our lives. We don’t want to know about him because it’s all too much.’

In an earlier interview, Marsha’s older sister Nathalie, 42 said: ‘He won’t even care about the fact Marsha can’t ever get married. He deprived her of a future.

According to reports, the 55-year-old murderer, who is serving life at Durham’s Frankland Prison is to be given permission to marry despite police officers and MPs claiming that it was ‘grotesque’

Marsha Marsha McDonnell, 19 was clubbed to death with a hammer by the monster in February 2003 after a night out with friends

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‘We can’t start thinking it’s sad because she’s not going to get married. We’ve done all that, we’ve lived it every day since it happened.

‘We’ve done the healing and we’ve accepted she won’t have a family. That’s all you can do. We live our lives like she would want us to live our best lives.’

Marsha’s father Phil, 74 added: ‘He can rot in hell as far as I’m concerned.

‘There are many ways I’d have loved to have gotten my hands on him for what he did to my daughter.’

Marsha was found yards from her home in Hampton, southwest London after she returned from a trip to the cinema. She spent two days in hospital before dying of horrific brain injuries.

Bellfield is currently serving two whole-life orders for the murders of Milly Dowler in 2002, Marsha, and Amelie Delagrange in 2004, as well as the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy in the same year.

Lawyers for the convicted killer argued that the European Convention on Human Rights and the 1983 Marriage Act gave Bellfield the right to marry.

The monster killer demanded video calls with his bride-to-be, a blonde in her forties and the ability to have his picture taken with her.

The monster killer demanded video calls with his bride-to-be, a blonde in her forties (pictured) and the ability to have his picture taken with her.

A government source told The Sun that there was no way to stop the murderer marrying as the law currently stands and that officials were deciding when to tell Bellfield about the decision to approve his wedding.

Ministers have vowed to ban the practice of prisoners marrying, as some 60 prisoners, many of them serving long jail terms, applied to marry last year.

News of his proposed nuptials with the woman, who is in her 40s, sparked outrage when they were revealed last year, and then Justice Secretary Dominic Raab vowed action to stop it happening.

Mr Raab introduced a Victims Bill in March, banning those on whole-life tariffs from marrying while incarcerated.

Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke said: ‘This is a disgusting insult to the victims and their families.

‘This is a man who took away the human rights of young girls and women, including the right to live their lives and marry.’

He demanded that the Justice Secretary pass the legislation to stop the nuptials quickly.

David Spencer, of the Centre for Crime Prevention, said it was ‘horrific’ that Bellfield would be allowed to marry and that the taxpayer funding the case was ‘even more grotesque’.

He said: ‘Criminals of his type have forfeited their rights and if the law currently permits him to be married then that should be changed.

‘His time behind bars should be spent reflecting on his horrific crimes, not enjoying home comforts.’

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