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Neo-Nazi Killer Pavlo Lapshyn Found Dead in HMP Wakefield

An independent prisons ombudsman has begun investigating the custodial death.

Overview

  • The Prison Service confirmed the 37-year-old died on 23 September 2025 at the Category A prison in West Yorkshire.
  • The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said its investigation began on Tuesday and that a final report will be published after the inquest.
  • Mohammed Saleem’s daughter said she was informed by a victim liaison officer, has not been told the circumstances of the death, and has chosen to forgive Lapshyn.
  • Lapshyn was jailed for life with a minimum term of 40 years in 2013 for murdering 82-year-old Mohammed Saleem and for planting bombs near West Midlands mosques.
  • Police had identified him using CCTV showing Delcam work clothing and found bomb-making materials and white supremacist literature, and he was later caught making an explosive substance in his prison cell.