- Emma Pickett, 33, from Stourbridge in West Midlands will marry Justin Erskine
- The 30-year-old was jailed back in 2006 for his role in the murders of two men
- He and his bride-to-be have only met twice, but have exchanged 1,600 letters
A British mother is to marry a US convict who is serving life in a maximum security jail for the brutal murders of two men.
Emma Pickett, 33, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands and Justin Erskine, 30, met on a prison pen-pal website and after writing letters to each other for five months, they will now tie the knot.
The pair have only met twice, and it is unlikely they will ever spend time together outside the grounds of the groom-to-be’s jail due to Erskine’s life sentence without parole.
Emma Pickett (right), 33, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands and Justin Erskine (left), 30, met on a prison pen-pal website and after writing letters to each other for five months, they will now tie the knot
Care assistant Emma Pickett (pictured) has decided put his violent past to one side and having exchanged 1,600 letters between them, has now decided to marry the felon after he popped the question in prison
Erskine was jailed in 2006 for supplying the knife which killed one of two men murdered during an argument about drugs.
He also dug their graves and helped bury the bodies.
But care assistant Emma Pickett has decided put his violent past to one side and having exchanged 1,600 letters between them, has now decided to marry the felon after he popped the question in prison, according to The Sun.
He wasn’t allowed to go down on one knee because the regulations in the prison are so strict he had to remain seated at all times.
Miss Pickett has agreed to move her whole family – including her three children – over to the US to be closer to her soon-to-be husband.