Kyle Bevan Prison Murder: CCTV Video Shows Inmates Plotting Before Child Killer Stabbed 25 Times in UK Jail
According to reports, Lee Newell, 57, Mark Fellows, 45, and David Taylor, 63, were seen communicating with each other at HMP Wakefield before carrying out the fatal attack on Bevan, 33. The trio then followed him into his cell and stabbed him 25 times before placing him in bed, where he later bled to death.
Shocking CCTV footage shown in court captured three inmates allegedly plotting moments before murdering convicted child killer Kyle Bevan inside a UK prison cell.
According to reports, Lee Newell, 57, Mark Fellows, 45, and David Taylor, 63, were seen communicating with each other at HMP Wakefield before carrying out the fatal attack on Bevan, 33. The trio then followed him into his cell and stabbed him 25 times before placing him in bed, where he later bled to death.
Bevan was serving a life sentence for the murder of his partner’s two-year-old stepdaughter, Lola James, in a brutal assault that left the toddler with 101 injuries. UK: Child Killer Was Stabbed More Than 30 Times by Fellow Inmates at HMP Wakefield.
Court proceedings revealed that CCTV footage showed the three men leaving the cell four minutes and 39 seconds later in what was described as “something of a satisfied, job-done mood”.
Kyle Bevan Prison Murder
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Kyle Bevan was stabbed to death by Mark Fellows, 45, David Taylor, 64, and Lee Newell, 57.
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Following their convictions, none of the three attackers will ever be released from prison. Fellows and Newell, who were already serving whole-life orders, received additional separate tariffs, while Taylor was handed a whole-life order for Bevan’s murder. UK Shocker: Woman Suffering From Depression Smothers Autistic Son to Death, Leaves ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Note Before Attempting Suicide in Essex; Arrested.
Leeds Crown Court heard there was “a lot of tension in the prison at the time” and there had been two other serious attacks in the weeks leading up to Bevan’s death – including Ian Watkins’ killing.
Jurors were told that unlike other prisons, vulnerable inmates at Wakefield were not separated from the general prison population. Prosecutors said this meant hardened criminals such as Fellows, Newell and Taylor had to mix with offenders they considered lower in a “distorted moral hierarchy”, including child killers.
Opening the case, prosecutor Jason Pitter KC said: “Four minutes and 39 seconds – that is how long it took.
“That is the length of time between Kyle Bevan entering his cell at Wakefield prison, immediately followed by the defendants, his fellow prisoners, one after the other: Lee Newell, Mark Fellows and David Taylor.
“The prosecution say they followed him in there with real purpose.
“This case is about what that purpose was.”
The court heard Bevan suffered 25 stab wounds during the attack, which took place in his fourth-floor cell on A Wing. A makeshift weapon fashioned from a television part was later recovered with Bevan’s blood on it.
Mr Pitter said: “Then they left him for dead, one after the other.
“Not before, though, putting him to bed – not our phrase, but a phrase we anticipate you will hear later in the evidence.
“Leaving him as if asleep. And there it was that he, on his bed, bled out. Bled to death, and his body then not discovered until the roll call in the prison the following morning.
“The purpose was clear – to carry out a joint attack on Kyle Bevan to kill him.”
Bevan had been jailed for a minimum of 28 years in 2023 for the murder of Lola James in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Prosecutors said he failed to call an ambulance after attacking the toddler and instead filmed her as she lay critically injured. Medical experts later compared her injuries to those suffered in a high-speed car crash.
Senior investigating officer Chief Inspector James Entwistle said: “This was a premeditated brutal attack carried out inside a prison by three long-term inmates.
“Fellows, Taylor and Newell’s actions showed a complete disregard for life and for the rules designed to keep people safe in custody.
“By their very nature, prisons are designed to deny offenders of their liberty, but they also need to be environments that are kept safe from unlawful violence.
“Today’s verdicts ensure the continued safety of others by holding these dangerous individuals to account and ensuring they face the full weight of the law.
“It also underlines that serious offences committed in West Yorkshire’s prisons will be thoroughly investigated and robustly prosecuted.”
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