Serial killer Levi Bellfield blocked from having civil partnership

New law comes into force stopping most serious offenders getting married or entering into civil partnerships behind bars

The serial killer Levi Bellfield has been blocked from having a civil partnership, after a new law came into force stopping the most serious offenders getting married behind bars.

Bellfield is serving two whole-life orders for killing Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, as well as the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.