Meningitis survivor Kieran Senior married Amanda Le Prevost on Saturday. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0623311)

MENINGITIS survivor Kieran Senior has tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart, Amanda Le Prevost.

The pair were married at King’s Church on Saturday and left yesterday on their honeymoon – a two-week cruise around the Mediterranean. Mr Senior, 20, described the day as a dream come true after he had beaten the odds in a battle against the life-threatening illness, which struck in December 2006 during a work placement in Reading.

Now, 18 months on and after spending three weeks in intensive care battling to  survive, he is a married man.

In that period he has also found time to graduate from Portsmouth University with a first-class degree, but it was his wedding on Saturday to Amanda that has capped off his victory over a disease that could have resulted in him suffering a brain tumour.