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Three men deny murder of child killer at HMP Wakefield
Three prisoners charged with killing Kyle Bevan, a convicted child murderer, pleaded not guilty at Leeds Crown Court; trial scheduled for June, lasting up to four weeks.
- On Monday three prisoners accused of murdering Kyle Bevan entered not guilty pleas at Leeds Crown Court via video links, including Lee Newell, 56, and an unnamed defendant, while Mark Fellows, 45, had a plea entered on his behalf.
- On 5 November Kyle Bevan, 33, was found dead in his cell at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a minimum sentence of 28 years, West Yorkshire Police said.
- Doctors said Lola James suffered injuries likened to a high-speed car crash with 101 scratches and bruises, inflicted by Bevan during a six-hour attack between 16 and 17 July 2020.
- Prosecutors charged Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, with murder, while two unnamed men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and Judge Guy Kearl KC listed a June trial expected to last up to four weeks.
- Bevan's death came less than a month after Ian Watkins, former Lostprophets frontman, died from a stab wound to the neck at HMP Wakefield, highlighting repeated inmate deaths.
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