Three inmates convicted of killing child killer at Wakefield

Three inmates at a maximum-security prison have been convicted of murdering a fellow prisoner, a convicted child killer, in a coordinated cell attack last year. Mark Fellows, 45, Lee Newell, 57, and David Taylor, 64, were found guilty on Thursday at Leeds Crown Court of murdering Kyle Bevan at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire.

Bevan, 33, was serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years for murdering his partner's two-year-old daughter, Lola James, in Pembrokeshire in 2020. On November 4, 2025, after 5:30 p.m., CCTV captured the three defendants following Bevan into his fourth-floor cell on the prison's A Wing. They emerged less than five minutes later, described by prosecutors as displaying a "satisfied, job-done mood."

Bevan was discovered dead in his cell the following morning during a roll call after another inmate alerted staff. He had been stabbed 25 times with at least two different weapons, suffering wounds to his neck, heart, and major blood vessels. Prosecutors said he was "tidily tucked up in bed" after the attack, appearing as if asleep as he bled to death on his mattress.

The jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning guilty verdicts. The...