Inmates found guilty of killing child murderer
Dyfed-Powys PoliceThree inmates have been convicted of murdering a fellow prisoner who was stabbed 25 times in his cell.
Kyle Bevan was found with stab wounds to his chest and abdomen after the attack by Mark Fellows, 45, David Taylor, 64, and 57-year-old Lee Newell at HMP Wakefield on 4 November.
Jurors at Leeds Crown Court were told the men followed 33-year-old Bevan, who murdered his partner's two-year-old daughter Lola James in Pembrokeshire in 2020.
The men were found guilty after a jury deliberated for less than three hours and will be sentenced at a later date.
The three defendants were seen on CCTV following Bevan into his cell after 17:30 GMT on 4 November and emerging less than five minutes later in "a satisfied, job-done mood", prosecutors said.
Bevan was not discovered until the following morning when prison staff were tipped off by an inmate that "something was wrong".
It was found he had bled to death after suffering 25 stab wounds caused by at least two different weapons.
On the day of his death, he was seen on CCTV walking to his cell, followed by the three defendants, who were just seconds behind.
Taylor could be seen taking something from his waistband as he went in.
The court heard the three defendants left the cell less than five minutes later "as if nothing had happened".
They could be seen shaking hands and apparently congratulating each other.
Summing up the case to jurors, the judge, Mrs Justice McGowan, said: "We do not know who did what in the cell.
"At least one person must have inflicted the fatal injuries. At least two weapons were used…it seems likely (Bevan) was held by his arms.
"He was stabbed to either side of his neck and repeatedly to the front of his body."
There had been two other serious attacks at HMP Wakefield in the weeks leading up to Bevan's death, including the incident when paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death.
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