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Serial killer Levi Bellfield ‘calls OFF’ jail wedding to besotted visitor because ‘she didn’t want to take his name’
The killer had planned to play a Harry Styles tune during the ceremony
SERIAL killer Levi Bellfield has called off his wedding after his fiancee didn't want to take his name.
The 55-year-old killer of Milly Dowler will remain unmarried after his fiancee said she only agreed to marry him so he could wear a ring behind bars, the .
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Sources told the Mail that Bellfield and his fiancee realised they would never have a proper relationship and she became worried about her name appearing on a marriage certificate.
The infamous killer will never be released and is set to die behind bars.
The unnamed woman told the Mail she purchased the ring for Bellfield as a gift, but was told by the jail he couldn't have it unless they wed.
She told the Mail: "But we won't be getting married. It's a joint decision. Levi is gutted but he's far more upset that he won't be able to wear the ring I've got for him.
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"We never expected the prison to push things as far as they did. But when they continued to refuse to allow Levi to wear the ring we felt as if we had no choice."
The woman said she isn't splitting up with Bellfield and will continue to visit him in HMP Frankland, in County Durham.
Bellfield was introduced to the woman through Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.
The Sun first revealed Bellfield’s engagement in May 2022, after he popped the question during a jail visit.
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That sparked outrage, with then-PM Boris Johnson saying he was “sickened and appalled” by the planned jail wedding.
Bellfield had planned to have the Harry Style's song Watermelon Sugar played during the wedding ceremony and wanted to wear a £3,000 Versace suit.
He had previously won legal aid costing the taxpayer as much as £30,000 after he was banned from wearing an engagement ring
He was allowed to marry after winning a legal stoush with the government in 2023.
Now the government is seeking to rewrite the marriage law to prevent whole-lifers from marrying.
He is serving two whole life terms for murdering at least three young females.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “Prisoners who have committed the most heinous crimes should not be able get married.
"That’s why we are introducing new laws to block those on whole-life orders from doing so.”
Levi Bellfield's victims
Bellfield was convicted in 2008 of killing Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22, plus the attempted murder of 18-year-old Kate Sheedy in South West London — all in 2003 and 2004.
Three years later he was nailed for the 2002 killing of schoolgirl Milly, who was abducted in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Bellfield is also being investigated by the Criminal Cases Review Commission over the 1996 murders of Dr Lin Russell, 45, and daughter Meghan, six, in Chillenden, Kent.
Bellfield has also denied the killings.
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