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THE brother of a murder victim yesterday hit out at his Scots killer’s bid to have Britain’s first gay jail wedding.

Peter Benfold, whose brother was murdered by Marc Goodwin, condemned the marriage made in hell and said: “Hopefully they will strangle each other.”

Goodwin, 31, from Airdrie, and killer paedophile Mikhail Gallatinov, 41, have posted a notice to marry at a registry office.

They are expected to tie the knot at maximum security Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire next month.

Peter, 64, whose brother Malcolm was murdered by Goodwin on Blackpool seafront because he was gay, said: “I’ve no hatred towards Goodwin but I can’t forgive him.”

Peter, who is gay and lives with his partner Ian Dowland, 64, near Preston, added: “It’s going to be terrible when they’re set free.

“They’re both killers and one of them is a strangler and paedophile. It’s double trouble.

“I can’t understand how another gay person could have done that to my brother. He took a life. He should be in prison for life.”

Goodwin was jailed for life in 2007 after the deadly attack on Malcolm, 57.

Gallatinov was jailed in 1997 for strangling his lover. Police said he was a “dangerous and predatory” paedophile.

Goodwin’s former fiancee Lesley Knox, 27, is also furious about the wedding.

She said: “How can he do this to me? He wants to marry a psychopath who hasn’t just killed someone but has attacked children too. I want to wring his neck.”

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