UMVA has learned that a gruesome murder took place at the high-security HMP Wakefield, where inmates Mark Fellows, 45, Lee Newell, 57, and David Taylor, 64, are accused of brutally killing 33-year-old Kyle Bevan.
The alleged attack was so violent that Bevan suffered 25 stab wounds, which penetrated his jugular vein, aorta, and heart, in addition to other injuries caused by a different pointed weapon. A folded piece of metal, later found with Bevan's blood on it, had been made from a piece of a television.
According to information obtained by UMVA, Bevan had been convicted of murdering his step-child and was serving a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 28 years. He was put in his bed after the attack and was not discovered until the following morning, when it was found that he had bled to death.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that at the time of Bevan's death, around 77% of the inmates at Wakefield were classed as vulnerable prisoners (VPs). Unlike other prisons, these vulnerable prisoners were not separated from other inmates, called main prisoners (MPs), and the wing had an 'open door' policy which allowed prisoners to freely interact during 'association'.
The prosecutor explained to the jury that this mixing of prisoners contributed to a situation where there was tension between those groups of prisoners. The trial continues, with the accused inmates facing murder charges.
