Overview
- A jury at Leeds Crown Court found Mark Fellows guilty of the murder of fellow inmate Kyle Bevan, who was stabbed 25 times in his cell with CCTV showing Fellows and two others follow him into the cell.
- Fellows was convicted alongside co-defendants David Taylor and Lee Newell and has been handed a second whole-life order, meaning he has no prospect of release.
- Prison sources say Fellows is expected to be moved into a close supervision setting with minimal human contact and strict segregation to prevent further attacks on other inmates.
- The Prison Officers' Association warned staff are on 'high alert' because Fellows is seen as having 'nothing to lose,' and officials say the risk is greater to other prisoners than to officers.
- The Ministry of Justice will not comment on individual custody decisions but has announced a taskforce and an extra £35 million this year to strengthen physical security across the high-security estate, with close supervision centres already holding about 60 of the most dangerous offenders.