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Convicted killers Mark Fellows, Lee Newell, and David Taylor have been found guilty and sentenced to whole-life orders for the prison murder of notorious child killer Kyle Bevan.
The phrase “tucked up in bed” stems from the trial at Leeds Crown Court, where prosecutors detailed how the three inmates left Bevan to bleed to death in his cell while making it look like he was merely asleep
Kyle Bevan, 33, was serving a life sentence (minimum 28 years) for the sadistic 2020 murder of his partner’s two-year-old daughter, Lola James.
The Incident On November 4, 2023, the three defendants carried out a premeditated, coordinated attack. CCTV captured them following Bevan into his cell and emerging just 4 minutes and 39 seconds later in a celebratory mood.
Bevan was held by his arms and stabbed 25 times in the neck and torso using at least two makeshift weapons. Afterward, his attackers placed him neatly under his covers. He was found dead the following morning during the prison roll
As of June 2026, all three men have been issued whole-life orders, ensuring they will die in prison:
Mark Fellows (45): Known as “The Iceman,” he was already serving a whole-life term for two high-profile gangland murders.
Lee Newell (57): Already serving a whole-life sentence for murder, Newell had previously strangled another convicted child killer in 2013 and left him in his bed in an identical fashion.
David Taylor (64): Was already serving life for the murder of an associate and a 30-year sentence for trying to stab a police officer in the chest.
In 2023, Bevan was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years for the murder of two-year-old Lola James in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 2020.
The trial heard there was “a lot of tension in the prison at the time” and there had been two other serious attacks in the weeks leading up to Bevan’s death – one in which paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death
and one in which David Minto, who murdered 16-year-old Sasha Marsden in Blackpool in 2013, was seriously injured.
Jurors heard that unlike other jails, vulnerable prisoners were not separated from other inmates at Wakefield.
The trial highlighted severe tension at HMP Wakefield, where a controversial policy forced “main” prisoners to mix freely with vulnerable inmates, including sex offenders and child killers.
This environment created what prosecutors termed a “distorted moral hierarchy,” leading inmates to take punishment into their own hands. The killing occurred amid a wave of violence at the jail, occurring less than a month after disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was also fatally stabbed in the facility.
The Crown Prosecution Service released footage from inside the prison after the murderous trio were sentenced. It captures the cold-blooded murderers laughing and joking before the sickening attack.