Serial killer Levi Bellfield has applied to get married while serving two whole-life sentences for murder.

Bellfield is reportedly engaged to a woman who began writing to him two years ago before becoming a regular visitor. She is said to be blonde and in her 40s but her identity has not been revealed.

The convicted killer is said to have gotten down on one knee to propose to the woman in front of prison staff, as reported by The Sun. Ministers have objected to the engagement while Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to be “sickened and appalled.”

Who is Levi Bellfield?

Levi Bellfield, 53, is a serial killer who was convicted of murdering Marsha McDonnell, Amelie Delagrange and Milly Dowler.

He is a former bouncer and wheel clamper from London who has 11 children with three women. Bellfield had nine convictions and had spent nearly a year in prison before he was 20.

In 2002, he abducted and killed 13-year-old Millie Dowler when she was on her way home from school in Surrey. In 2003, he killed 19-year-old Marsha Louise McDonnell by hitting her over the head with a blunt instrument after she got off a bus near her home in Hampton.

He tried to kill 18-year-old Kate Sheedy in 2004 by hitting her with his car, but she survived her injuries. A few months later, Bellfield killed 22-year-old Amelie Delagrange in Twickenham.

He began a whole-life prison term for the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delegrange 14 years ago. Bellfield was then found guilty of Milly Dowler’s murder in 2011 and was sentenced to another whole-life term.

Bellfield has been linked to other crimes and allegedly admitted to killing mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell in 1996, but later denied the confession.

Can someone get married in prison?

It is legal to get married in prison, but prisoners have to apply to the governor of the prison to get married and governors can object.

Bellfield will need the permission of the governor at HMP Frankland in County Durham.

A Prison Service spokesperson told The Sun: “An application has been received and is being considered in the usual way.”

Justice Minister Victoria Atkins told Sky News that the situation is "absolutely appalling", adding: "I have ordered an immediate review into this."

She said: "Just to reassure people, I understand an application has been made that has not been decided yet and he most certainly has not yet married."

Atkins has suggested she would “absolutely” do everything within her power to stop the marriage.

Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told The Sun that the request “beggars belief,” adding: “Milly never got to see her wedding day. It cannot be right that he gets to have his.”