Sickest wedding of the year

A MUM of six has married her toyboy lover behind bars . . . a year after he stabbed her daughter's boyfriend to death.

Tracey McGuire, 39, wed knife thug Steven Herdsman in the prison chapel at Polmont nick on the day he celebrated his 21st birthday.

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Just two guests and a handful of jail staff attended the no-frills service, which took place exactly 12 months after Herdsman knifed best pal Kris Kendrick.

And last night, McGuire crowed: "It was a lovely ceremony. We both agreed it was the perfect wedding. I felt on top of the world."

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In a sickening twist, the nuptials mean Herdsman is now STEPDAD to McGuire's daughter Mandy, 16.

She was left heartbroken after Kris, her boyfriend of three months, was killed at his home in Beattock, Dumfries-shire on August 12 last year.

But bizarrely, she's given her blessing to the marriage. McGuire said: "When Kris died, Mandy was hurt but when she realised Steven didn't mean it, she didn't feel so angry any more."

At the High Court in Glasgow in March, Herdsman was caged for six years for the killing.

The court heard the jealous brute, who'd been drinking and taking drugs, flew into a rage after McGuire and Kris (below) went off on an errand together.

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He followed them to Kris's home, burst in and, during a scuffle, plunged the blade into his friend's heart. Car valet Kris died within minutes.

Cops picked up Herdsman, who was covered in blood, a short time later.

But McGuire insisted: "Steven asked me to marry him a long time ago. We planned to get married last August but all this happened.

"Before the wedding we went to classes with the prison chaplain.

"We talked about our past, our families, our health and our love. We are meant to be together. We are looking to the future."

At the ceremony - conducted by Scottish Prison Service chaplain Donald Scott - warders took the wedding snaps and jail bosses put on a buffet of sandwiches and cranberry juice.

A cream sponge doubled as a birthday and wedding cake.

McGuire's eldest daughter Kirsty, 21, was her bridesmaid for the half-hour service while her son William, 18, stood in as Herdsman's best man.

The bride showed off her tattoos in an unconventional strapless satin mini- dress, complete with 80s-style ruffles.

The killer wore a black suit with matching blue tie.

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Tracey added: "There was nothing going on between me and Kris. I love Steven - he has always known that.

"What happened has made us think about what is important in life."

The SPS said: "If a prisoner makes a request to get married then we put on a small ceremony."

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