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Child killer Kyle Bevan found dead in cell as three prisoners charged with murder

Kyle Bevan has been found dead
Kyle Bevan has been found dead (Dyfed-Powys Police)
  • Child killer Kyle Bevan was found dead in his cell at HMP Wakefield on Wednesday, prompting a police investigation.
  • Three men, Mark Fellows, Lee Newell and David Taylor, have been charged with Bevan's murder and are scheduled to appear in court.
  • Bevan was serving a life sentence for the murder of his two-year-old stepdaughter, Lola James, in 2020, having inflicted catastrophic head injuries.
  • Lola James sustained over 100 bruises and injuries, with medical experts comparing the trauma to that seen in car crash victims.
  • Bevan's death occurred less than a month after Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins also died in an attack at the same prison.
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