A murderer who stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her lover to death has lost a legal bid to remain anonymous.
Andrew Cole, who had been referred to as "X", wanted to keep his identity secret while he tried to secure unescorted leave in the community as part of his rehabilitation.
He argued that he was entitled to anonymity because he is a hospital patient receiving treatment for a mental illness.
He was jailed for life for the "appalling and horrific" murders of his ex-girlfriend Fiona Ovis and her lover William Crompton in Llandrindod Wells, Powys, in 1996.
But Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson and appeal judges Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Lord Justice Floyd unanimously turned down his bid and allowed him to be named.
Lord Justice Maurice Kay said: "I accept the need to protect a released criminal from media intrusion or physical attack can be a material consideration in the context of an anonymity application.
"However, it is of limited weight in the present case.
"The position is not significantly different from that which arises when any notorious, violent or sexual offender leaves prison on licence or otherwise, and regardless of whether or not he has been a mental patient."
Stephen Knafler QC had argued that the right of Cole, who sexually mutilated one of his victims, to anonymity overrode the public interest in him being identified.
He accepted the killings were "high up on the scale of horrific crimes", but argued he was entitled to protection - including from press harassment - "no matter how horrific those crimes are".
Mr Crompton, 18, was stabbed 38 times and girlfriend Ms Ovis 52 times after she had ended a relationship with Cole. Ms Ovis was also sexually mutilated.
Less than 30 hours after being released from psychiatric care, Cole followed the couple to her grandmother's home with a rucksack containing petrol, matches, a kitchen knife, rope, gloves, a microphone and a tape recorder.
He smashed his way through a bedroom window after believing he could hear the couple having sex and murdered the lovers in their bed.
Cole has served the minimum custody period of 11 years - set following a High Court appeal in 2006. The Parole Board can now consider whether he is eligible to be released on licence.
While in prison he was diagnosed with a personality disorder and other mental health problems and was transferred to Broadmoor high security hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act.
He has since been moved to a medium security hospital, where he has had unescorted leave within the hospital grounds and more than 300 periods of escorted leave in the community.
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