This is serial killer Levi Bellfield’s fiancee, who claims he is ‘not a monster’, and feels sorry for him having to die in prison for his evil crimes.
Bellfield’s girlfriend – who is in her 40s – reckons the hammer killer has changed and is her dream man.
The woman, who describes herself as ‘very educated and intelligent’, has been dating the triple-murderer since 2019.
And – as one might expect from someone engaged to one of Britain’s most notorious criminals – she adds she is ‘extremely non-judgemental’.
Bellfield is known as Britain’s most evil killer and murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
His new fiancee told the Mirror: ‘He is not a monster. Yes he has a bad past, but 17 years in prison changes a person.
‘He has changed, he has remorse, and there are always reasons a person goes wrong in life.
‘There is always a far bigger picture. He is 53 years old, still young and has to live knowing he will just grow old and die in that horrendous place.’
Bellfield’s girlfriend – who’s in her 40s – reckons the killer has changed and is her dream man
The woman, who describes herself as ‘very educated and intelligent’, has dated him since 2019
Serial killer Levi Bellfield was introduced to his fiancée by the Yorkshire Ripper behind bars
Bellfield was introduced to his fiancée through Peter Sutcliffe, who was friends with the woman before he died in 2020.
Bellfield and Sutcliffe were on the same wing in HMP Frankland. Bellfield asked to be put in touch with her after seeing her picture in Sutcliffe’s cell, the Sun reported.
They spoke on the phone, before she then began visiting Bellfield at the County Durham prison.
‘What people don’t realise is that the woman was friends with Sutcliffe for years before he died, although there was no romance between them,’ a source told the Sun.
Dowler was snatched from the street while on her way from school to her home in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in March 2002
Marsha McDonnell, 19, was had been to the cinema with friends and was on a late night bus when she was attacked with a hammer
Amelie Delagrange, 22, whose body was found, with a serious head injury lying on Twickenham Green, south west London
They said that Bellfield asked for Sutcliffe’s consent to write to her, around a year before he died.
His fiancée has now said that she is ‘not ashamed’ of their relationship, and believes that Bellfield has ‘changed’ and is ‘not a monster’.
She described herself to the Mirror as ‘extremely non-judgemental’, adding that her and her fiancé have had ‘kisses and cuddles’ in the County Durham prison.
Yesterday Dominic Raab said that Bellfield’s request to get married in prison is ‘inconceivable’ and a wedding is unlikely to happen because of the risk he would pose to his fiancee.
And prime minster Boris Johnson has also condemned the nuptials, along with prisons minister Victoria Atkins.
‘The PM is sickened and appalled by this, and his thoughts are with the families of his victims,’ his spokesperson said.
Ms Atkins called Bellfield a ‘monster’ and said that she is looking into the marriage application ‘very carefully’.
Bellfield, who is serving two whole life sentences for the murders of Marsha McDonnell, Amelie Delagrange and Milly Dowler, has asked for permission to marry a woman while in custody.
The killer got down on one knee and proposed to the woman in front of staff at HMP Frankland in County Durham, according to a report from The Sun.
Mr Raab, who is justice secretary and Deputy Prime Minister, said the 53-year-old is a ‘dangerous serial killer’ and suggested any nuptials in prison are unlikely to happen.
When asked what powers he has to stop the wedding, Mr Raab, who is also deputy prime minister, criticised the Human Rights Act.
He said: ‘The Human Rights Act puts all sorts of obstacles in our way in that regard, which is I think one more reason why we are introducing a Bill of Rights to add a bit more common sense.
‘What I can tell you is it is inconceivable that the prison or the Ministry of Justice would authorise that marriage unless the very significant concerns about the safeguarding were addressed; we’ve asked for a risk assessment in relation to that.
‘Clearly, we’re dealing with a dangerous serial killer.’
Mr Raab said it is ‘very difficult to see’ how the safeguarding concerns could be overcome.
The Government outlined its plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a new Bill of Rights in Tuesday’s Queen’s speech.
Former bouncer and wheel-clamper Bellfield’s bid to wed is ‘exactly the kind of case’ which shows the new legislation is needed, Mr Raab said.
Bellfield asked to be put in touch with his now fiancée after seeing her picture in Sutcliffe’s cell before he died in 2020. Pictured, Sutcliffe aged 74
He is engaged to a female visitor and got down on one knee to propose in front of prison staff at HMP Frankland (pictured)
He added: ‘We need written down in UK law a clear set of rights. They shouldn’t be trumped by elastic interpretations of human rights.’
Former justice secretary Robert Buckland said people will be ‘rightly shocked’ to hear he has become engaged, with director of the Centre for Crime Prevention, David Spencer, calling the marriage an ‘insult’ to his victim’s families.