Overview
- West Yorkshire Police named Mark Fellows, 45, Lee Newell, 56, and David Taylor, 63, who have been remanded to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court today.
- Kyle Bevan, 33, was found dead in his cell at 8:25 a.m. on November 5, triggering a homicide investigation by the force’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team.
- The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is conducting a parallel inquiry into the in‑custody death, with the Prison Service declining further comment during active investigations.
- Bevan was serving a life sentence with a 28‑year minimum for murdering two‑year‑old Lola James in 2020, a case that documented about 101 external injuries and catastrophic brain and retinal damage.
- The incident comes weeks after inmate Ian Watkins was fatally stabbed at the same Category A prison, which inspectors recently described as under strain with increased violence.