Overview
- Mark Fellows, 45, Lee Newell, 56, and David Taylor, 63, have been charged with murder over the death of Kyle Bevan at HMP Wakefield.
- The trio appeared at Leeds Crown Court, where a trial was fixed for June 2, 2026, and a plea and trial preparation hearing was set for December 15, 2025.
- West Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the Category A prison at 8.25am on November 5, and the Prison Service confirmed Bevan's death the same day.
- Bevan, 33, was serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years for the 2020 murder of two-year-old Lola James, whose injuries were likened by doctors to those from a high-speed car crash.
- HMP Wakefield has faced renewed scrutiny after multiple inmate killings, including the recent death of Ian Watkins, for which two prisoners have been charged.