DISGUST, rage and frustration are what my family and I feel most of the time since the night my brother, Kevin, was beaten and kicked to death on a night out with friends.

I can't even begin to describe our feelings of disgust on hearing that Tony Aspinall, one of my brother's murderers, had a cosy little wedding in prison with family and friends attending (LET, October 22).

An even more sickening discovery was that the prison staff actually put on a buffet for them and acted as wedding photographers and then allowed the happy couple time alone afterwards.

What next? Sending them on honeymoon?

When three men were found guilty of Kevin's murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment, we were under the impression that their lives were finished for the next 20 years at least. And although it didn't stop the pain and torment of losing Kevin, we did take some comfort from this. Then without warning, just when our family is starting to pick up the pieces after a long traumatic murder trial, we see Tony Aspinall's face splashed across the front page of the newspaper with a happy little tale of his wedding.

This country and its prison service or judicial system stinks.

And people wonder why crime is on the up. Why shouldn't it be?

Who cares if a murderer gets life? He certainly won't that's for sure - not when he's pampered and mollycoddled in prison and given his rights.

Kevin will never have the chance to be married. An hour and a half was given to Tony Aspinall for this little wedding ceremony - an hour and a half to get married and be with friends.

My parents would give anything to be able to spend an hour and a half with Kevin again. But that will never happen.

This should not have happened. It is not justice - it is a farce.

PATRICK SUDALL (address received).

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