A child killer was stabbed to death in a four-minute attack that left 25 stab wounds. Kyle Bevan, 33, was convicted of murdering his step-child and was serving a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 28 years. His body was found at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire last November.
Trial of Three Inmates
Inmates Mark Fellows, 45, Lee Newell, 57, and David Taylor, 64, went on trial at Leeds Crown Court today (June 10) accused of murdering Bevan. Jason Pitter KC, prosecuting, showed jurors CCTV footage of Bevan entering his cell on November 4 last year, followed by the three defendants who, he said, came out four minutes and 39 seconds later. Mr. Pitter said the trio emerged displaying something of a satisfied, job-done mood.
Details of the Attack
The prosecutor said Bevan was put in his bed after the attack and was not discovered until the following morning when it was found he had bled to death. He had suffered 25 stab wounds which penetrated his jugular vein, aorta, and heart, plus other injuries thought to have been caused by a different pointed weapon. A folded piece of metal was later found with Bevan's blood on it, which had been made from a piece of a television.
Prison Environment
Mr. Pitter told the jury of seven women and five men that, at the time of Bevan's death, around 77 percent of the inmates at Wakefield were classed as vulnerable prisoners (VPs). Unlike other prisons, vulnerable prisoners were not separated from other inmates, called main prisoners (MPs). The wing had an open door policy allowing prisoners to freely interact during association.
Mr. Pitter said: Whilst there may be an obvious temptation to question the need and wisdom of that regime, the mixing of the prisoners, that is not a question for you in this trial. What it did, though, was to contribute to a situation where there was tension, in an obvious direction, between those groups of prisoners.
