Serial killer inmate Levi Bellfield given weekly fry-ups and video game time
The 57-year-old was jailed in 2011 for murdering 13-year-old Milly Dowler, 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell and 22-year-old Amelie Delagrange between 2002 and 2003.
The only prisoner in the UK to be handed two whole-life tariffs, he was also convicted of attempting to murder Kate Sheedy in 2004.
He has been made an 'enhanced prisoner' at HMP Frankland, meaning he can have a cooked breakfast every Saturday, access to an Xbox games console, according to MailOnline.
He also gets an extra £13.20 a week to spend on snacks at the canteen inside the Category A prison.
Staff at the prison are said to be disgruntled about Bellfield's privileges.
A source told the outlet: 'They don't call it Monster Mansion for nothing; we are used to the worst of the worst here.
'Bellfield isn't a problem on the unit, but it just doesn't feel quite right that a man in for his crimes should be playing Xbox computer games.
'Those on a whole-life order should get the bare minimum, but unfortunately as officers our hands are tied.'
Inmates are not allowed to play violent video games but can play other games such as sports titles.
Bellfield converted to Islam while in prison, now using the name Yusuf Rahim.
Last year he made an application to get married, later withdrawing it and submitting one for a civil partnership. More Trending
It's understood the request was denied, though the killer also attempted to secure legal aid to appeal the decision.
In 2023 he reportedly wrote and signed a confession to killing 19-year-old Vietnamese student Elizabeth Chau, but detectives later concluded he was lying.
Other inmates at HMP Frankland are Wayne Couzens, who killed Sarah Everard, and Soham child killer Ian Huntley.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice said: 'Having received two whole-life orders, Bellfield will rightly spend the rest of his life in jail.'
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