THE brother of Brian Cherry has spoken for the first time about his family's delight at cannibal killer Peter Bryan's two life sentences.

Robert Douglas told how, in light of a judge's decision never to release Bryan from prison, he believes "justice has been served".

He also hoped that the lessons learnt from his brother's death would see the public better protected from violent re-offenders being cared for under the Mental Health Act.

Mr Douglas said his family wanted the death penalty reinstated but added: "The fact that Bryan will never be released from prison is the next best thing.

"We hope this never happens to anyone else. It has been a very traumatic time for the whole family.

"What happened to my brother was horrific but justice has been served.

"We hope the law will be changed to prevent this type of thing from occurring again."

Mr Douglas, who has moved from Pevensey Road, Leytonstone, to Newham following his brother's death, said he had had two minor strokes in the last six months due to stress.

He said the stress had also badly affected the rest of his family, with some members having to be put on medication.

But he added: "The family has become closer since Brian's death. I have grown especially close to our sister Hazel.

"We are now waiting to get his body back so we can cremate him and scatter his ashes with our mum's who died a month before Brian was killed.

"As a family we are now going to try and put this behind us and get on with our lives as best we can."