Overview
- Bevan, 33, was found dead in his cell at 8:25 a.m. on 5 November, prompting a police response to HMP Wakefield.
- Three serving prisoners aged 45, 57 and 63 have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody.
- Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle said the death is now treated as murder as officers work to establish the full circumstances.
- The Prison Service confirmed the death and said it cannot comment further while police and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigate.
- Bevan was two years into a life sentence with a 28-year minimum for the 2020 murder of two-year-old Lola James, and his death follows last month’s killing of inmate Ian Watkins and reports of rising violence at the prison.