Mark Fellows, the contract killer known as 'Iceman', has been handed a second whole life order for the murder of child killer Kyle Bevan inside HMP Wakefield. Fellows, 45, now faces a lifetime of segregation and high-security conditions, with prison officers on 'high alert' as he has 'nothing to lose'.
The Murder of Kyle Bevan
Fellows, alongside David Taylor, 64, and Lee Newell, 57, was found guilty of murdering 33-year-old Kyle Bevan at HMP Wakefield following a trial at Leeds Crown Court. Bevan was serving a life sentence for killing his two-year-old stepdaughter Lola James. On November 4 last year, Bevan was stabbed 25 times in his cell with a makeshift weapon. His body was then placed in bed and covered with a blanket to simulate sleep. CCTV footage showed the three killers entering Bevan's cell and leaving less than five minutes later. Fellows later checked on the corpse to ensure it had not been discovered before prison guards found Bevan dead the next morning.
Fellows' Criminal History
Fellows was already serving a whole life order for the executions of Paul 'Mr Big' Massey and Liverpool gangland enforcer John Kinsella. Massey was shot dead with an Uzi sub-machine gun outside his home in July 2015. In May 2018, Fellows killed Kinsella, a pallbearer at Massey's funeral, as he walked his dog with his pregnant partner in Rainford. Fellows, a father-of-two and former fitness enthusiast, was aligned with the Anti A-Team faction in Warrington.
Segregation and High-Security Measures
Following his second whole life sentence, Fellows is expected to be segregated from other prisoners and housed in a Close Supervision Centre (CSC), a small specialist facility in six high-security prisons across the UK. These centres, established in 1998, hold about 60 of the nation's most dangerous offenders. Fellows will experience restricted human interaction and spend most of his time in isolation. He will likely receive the statutory minimum of prison entitlements, similar to Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, allowing him to buy goods from the canteen but with limited time outside his cell.
Prison Officers on High Alert
A prison source told the Liverpool Echo that officers expect to be on 'high-alert' as Fellows has 'nothing to lose', but clarified that he poses a greater threat to inmates than to staff. Mark Fairhurst, national chair of the Prison Officers' Association, said: 'Prison officers continue to operate in one of the most violent and hostile working environments in the world, managing some of the most dangerous individuals in society. This case underlines the risks they face from prisoners who have nothing to lose, having been sentenced to die in custody. Mr Fellows will spend the rest of his life in the high-security estate, largely within a close supervision centre due to his sustained violent behaviour. Staff will continue to face serious risks as they protect the public by securely holding offenders determined to act on violent impulses.'
Government Response
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson stated: '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.'
