Child killer Kyle Bevan has been found dead in his cell at HMP Wakefield, with three of his fellow prisoners being arrested on suspicion of murder.
Bevan, 33, was jailed for life for the murder of his partner’s two-year-old daughter Lola James in 2020.
The toddler was left with catastrophic head injuries following the ‘brutal, frenzied, and violent attack’ at her home in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
At Bevan’s trial, the condition of the little girl was compared to that of a high-speed car crash victim.
He denied Lola’s murder, claiming the family dog had pushed her down the stairs, but was convicted in 2023 and sentenced to at least 28 years behind bars.
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Police were called to Bevan’s cell at 8.25am on Wednesday.
Three men, who are currently serving in prison, have been arrested on suspicion of murder as an investigation continues.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘HMP Wakefield prisoner Kyle Bevan’s death was confirmed on 5 November.
‘We are unable to comment further while the police investigate.’
The killer was found dead in the same prison – dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’ – where paedophile and former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was stabbed to death last month.
An inquest heard the 48-year-old rock singer was stabbed in the neck, 12 years into a 29-year sentence for a string of child sex offences.
Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were charged with his murder. Both are also inmates at HMP Wakefield.
An inspection report for the prison from June found there had been a 62% rise in violent incidents since the previous visit in autumn 2022.
It said: ‘Many prisoners told us they felt unsafe, particularly older men convicted of sexual offences who increasingly shared the prison with a growing cohort of younger prisoners.
‘Staff morale had suffered, and while training was planned to help officers manage this more complex population, there was currently no coherent strategy to reduce violence or bullying.’
HMP Wakefield held 630 prisoners at the time of the last inspection, with two-thirds convicted of sexual offences.
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