Inmate found dead at Wakefield, three held on suspicion of murder

A man serving a life sentence for the 2020 murder of a two-year-old girl was found dead in his cell at HMP Wakefield on Wednesday, and three fellow prisoners have been arrested on suspicion of murder, West Yorkshire Police said. Officers were called to the high-security prison at 8.25 a.m. on November 5 after reports that an inmate had been found dead. Police said the death was being treated as suspicious and detectives from the Homicide and Major Enquiry team have launched an investigation.

The Prison Service confirmed the inmate was 33-year-old Kyle Bevan and said it could not comment further while the police inquiry continued. A force spokesperson said, "The man's death is currently being treated as suspicious." West Yorkshire Police said three men, all serving prisoners at HMP Wakefield, had been arrested on suspicion of murder and that enquiries were ongoing to establish the full circumstances.

Bevan was convicted in 2023 of murdering his partner's two-year-old daughter, Lola James, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in July 2020. At Swansea Crown Court a judge described the assault as "sustained, deliberate, and very violent." Bevan was sentenced in April 2023 to life...