TWO convicted killers are to tie the knot – in what is thought to be the UK’s first gay wedding in jail.

Lifers Mikhail Gallatinov, 40, and Marc Goodwin, 31, are getting married in top-security Full Sutton prison near York, where they are serving their sentences.

Gallatinov was convicted of murdering Adrian Kaminsky, 28, in Manchester in 1997 and sentenced to life with a minimum of 20 years in prison.

He was a predatory paedophile, with convictions for offences against children, who was under surveillance by undercover police when he strangled his victim.

Goodwin was jailed for life in 2007 for the homophobic murder of 57-year-old Malcolm Benfold in Blackpool.

A judge at Preston Crown Court heard that Goodwin, from Lanarkshire, had talked about "gay bashing" before the attack and but said he thought the attack was also about getting cash for alcohol.

After Goodwin's conviction, police described the murder as "a savage, senseless homophobic attack that resulted in the death of a harmless man.”

A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: "We do not comment on individuals.

"Prisoners are entitled to apply to be married in prison under the Marriages Act 1983.

"This would take place at no cost to the taxpayer and there is no possibility that they would share a cell."