LF: Britain's first same-sex wedding behind bars: 'Gay-bashing' murderer and paedophile get married in prison

Title: Britain's first same-sex wedding behind bars: 'Gay-bashing' murderer and paedophile get married in prison
Source: Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... paedophile-married-prison.html
Published: Mar 28, 2015
Author: Jenny Stanton
Post Date: 2015-03-28 08:54:17 by cranky
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A 'gay-bashing' murderer and a paedophile serving life sentences have tied the knot in Britain's first homosexual wedding in prison.

Mikhail Ivan Gallatinov, 40, who was jailed in 1997 for what a judge labelled a ‘callous, chilling killing’, married fellow prisoner Marc Goodwin, 31, yesterday, it has been reported.

Goodwin was the leader of a gang that roamed the streets of Blackpool looking for homosexuals to attack.

He was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years in 2007 after being found guilty of murdering Malcolm Benfold, 57, who was beaten to death. His trial heard that he and two friends had agreed to go ‘gay bashing’.

Wed: Mikhail Ivan Gallatinov (right), 40, who was jailed in 1997 for what a judge labelled a ‘callous, chilling killing’, married fellow prisoner Marc Goodwin (left), 31, yesterday

The pair wore suits for the 15-minute chapel ceremony at HMP Full Sutton, Yorkshire, which was attended by four of their relatives, according to The Sun.

Speaking at the ceremony, Gallatinov's mum, Christina Williams, 59, told The Sun: 'I'm proud of him being a small part of history.'

However, Mr Benfold's sister, Wendy Bridge, from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside has previously spoken out against the wedding.

'I don’t object to a prisoner having a wedding, but when its two murderers getting married to each other, that’s wrong,' she told the Liverpool Echo.

'Marriage should be something to aim for when they get out, to build a home and a new life with someone.'

A Ministry of Justice spokesman there is no possibility Gallatinov and Goodwin would share a cell.

It is believed that the couple had considered a civil partnership until a change in the law in March last year made homosexual marriage legal in Britain.

Goodwin and Gallatinov – who strangled 28-year-old gay man Adrian Kaminsky – met while behind bars, according to the Daily Mirror.

Gallatinov, of Manchester, who previously served a prison sentence for sexually abusing children, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years for the murder of Mr Kaminsky – meaning he could be eligible for parole in two years.

The convicted murderers wed at HMP Full Sutton, Yorkshire (pictured) and was the first gay wedding in a British prison

There was a 15-minute chapel ceremony at HMP Full Sutton, Yorkshire, which was attended by four of their relatives, according to The Sun

He spoke to his victim on a gay chat line before luring him to his home. At the time of his sentencing, Judge Rhys Davies QC said the murder was ‘a cold-blooded, well planned, callous, chilling and apparently motiveless killing’.

The case was particularly shocking because Gallatinov was under police surveillance at the time and had actually told an undercover detective that he intended to commit murder.

Officers were positioned outside his house at the time of the killing and he photographed his victim with a camera that he had been lent by detectives.

Mr Kaminsky’s body was later found nearly naked in the boot of Gallatinov’s car after he was stopped on a motorway.

Goodwin, originally of Airdrie, near Glasgow, is expected to serve at least another ten years behind bars. (4 images)

And soon, perhaps they will ~~recruit~~ adopt some children and live happily ever after.