Mark 'Iceman' Fellows, a hitman serving a whole life order for the murders of gangland figures Paul Massey and John Kinsella, has been convicted of stabbing child killer Kyle Bevan to death in HMP Wakefield. The 45-year-old, along with David Taylor, 64, and Lee Newell, 57, was found guilty of murdering Bevan, who was serving a life sentence for killing his two-year-old stepdaughter Lola James. The trio stabbed Bevan 25 times in his cell with an improvised weapon on November 4 last year, then placed his body in bed and covered it with a blanket to simulate sleep.
CCTV Evidence and Conviction
CCTV footage showed the three killers following Bevan into his cell and leaving less than five minutes later. Fellows later checked on the body to ensure it had not been discovered before prison officers found Bevan dead the next morning. The conviction at Leeds Crown Court adds a second whole life order to Fellows' sentence, ensuring he will never be released.
Life in 'Monster Mansion'
HMP Wakefield, nicknamed 'Monster Mansion', houses some of the UK's most dangerous criminals. Fellows, previously a hygiene-obsessed fitness fanatic, will now live in a close supervision centre (CSC) – a small, specialist unit found in six high-security prisons across the country. The CSC holds around 60 of the most dangerous prisoners, most convicted of serious violent crimes. Fellows will have limited human contact and spend most of his days alone, receiving the legal minimum of prison privileges.
Prisoner Not a Threat to Staff?
A prison source told the ECHO that officers are on 'high-alert' because Fellows has 'nothing to lose', but noted he poses a higher risk to inmates than to prison officials. Mark Fairhurst, national chair of the Prison Officers' Association, stated: 'Prison officers continue to operate in one of the most violent and hostile working environments in the world... This case underlines the risks they face from prisoners who have nothing to lose, having been sentenced to die in custody.' He added that Fellows will remain in the high-security estate, largely within a CSC due to his sustained violent behaviour.
Ministry of Justice Response
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: 'Prisons must be places of control and punishment to protect the public. While we cannot comment on individual prisoners, we’re introducing a taskforce to reduce violence across the high security estate and investing an extra £35 million this year to bolster physical security. That’s on top of over £40 million already invested in prison security.'
Background of Violence
Fellows shot Paul 'Mr Big' Massey with an Uzi sub-machine gun outside his home in July 2015, and killed John Kinsella in May 2018 while Kinsella walked his dog with his pregnant partner in Rainford. The hitman, allied with Liverpool's Anti A-Team faction, was given a whole life order for those murders before the latest conviction.
