article_snippet: A 'gay-bashing' murderer and a paedophile serving life sentences have tied the knot in Britain's first homosexual wedding in prison but will not be allowed to share a cell, jail bosses have said.
article_snippet: Malcolm Benfold sister, Wendy Bridge, from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside has previously spoken out against the wedding. '
article_snippet: I don’t object to a prisoner having a wedding, but when Merseyside  two murderers getting married to each other, that’s wrong,' Malcolm Benfold told the Liverpool Echo. '
article_snippet: Marriage should be something to aim for when Marriage get out, to build a home and a new life with someone,' Marriage added.
article_snippet: We are very clear that if prisoners do get married, the taxpayer does not foot the bill for the ceremony and the taxpayer are certainly not allowed to share a cell,' a Prison Service spokesman added.
article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: The convicted murderers wed at HMP Full Sutton, Yorkshire (pictured) and was the first gay wedding in a British prison .