Mark Fellows, 45, was handed a second whole life order for the murder of child killer Kyle Bevan in HMP Wakefield, and will now spend the rest of his life in segregated, high-security conditions
A contract killer who gunned down two underworld figures before knifing a child murderer to death while serving a whole life prison term is thought to be among 60 inmates living a segregated existence.
Mark Fellows, 45, who previously executed “gangland kingpins” Paul Massey and John Kinsella, was last week found guilty alongside David Taylor, 64, and Lee Newell, 57, of murdering 33-year-old Kyle Bevan at HMP Wakefield following a trial at Leeds Crown Court.
The trio collaborated to kill Bevan, who had been serving a life sentence for slaying his two-year-old stepdaughter Lola James at their shared home in Wales. The court heard earlier this month how Bevan was knifed 25 times in his cell with a makeshift weapon on November 4 last year.
His corpse was then positioned in his bed and draped with a blanket to create the illusion he was sleeping. CCTV footage from within the jail showed the three murderers pursuing Bevan into his cell.
They then departed less than five minutes later and Bevan was never spotted alive again.
Fellows was also captured checking on the corpse to confirm he had not been discovered before prison guards found Bevan dead inside his cell the next morning.
Fellows was serving a whole life order in the infamous prison dubbed “Monster Mansion” due to it housing some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals, for the savage executions of Paul “Mr Big” Massey and Liverpool gangland enforcer John Kinsella, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Assassin Fellows, who resided in a family dwelling in Warrington, was aligned with the city’s Anti A-Team faction while “Mr Big” Massey was regarded as a guiding figure to the A-Team.
Massey was gunned down with an Uzi sub-machine gun outside his own residence in July 2015. Then in May 2018 Fellows increased his death toll to two when he murdered Kinsella, who had been a pallbearer at Massey’s funeral – as he walked his dog with his expectant partner in Rainford.
Fellows received his second whole life sentence at Leeds Crown Court earlier this month, with the assassin never getting the opportunity of release again.
The father-of-two, who before his incarceration was a cleanliness-obsessed fitness enthusiast, will now spend the remainder of his days behind prison walls with strict measures as prison officers try to prevent the killer committing additional crimes.
One prison source told the ECHO they anticipate prison officers to be on “high-alert” as Fellows has “nothing to lose” living in jail, but did clarify he believes Fellows presents a greater threat to inmates than to prison staff.
He will probably be segregated from other prisoners, being carefully watched within a close supervision centre. The small, specialist facility is located in six high-security jails across the country and houses some of the most dangerous criminals within the prison system.
Following their establishment in 1998, the facilities house approximately 60 of the nation’s most perilous offenders, the majority of whom have been imprisoned for grave violent offences. This means Fellows will experience restricted human interaction and spend the bulk of his time in isolation.
The high-security inmate is probably receiving the statutory minimum of prison entitlements, comparable to that of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana.
It is understood the statutory minimum means he can still buy goods from the canteen using funds either gained at the facility or forwarded to him by relatives but spends restricted time beyond his cell and has items delivered to his location.
The choice of whether or not to grant assassin Fellows the minimum may be swayed by the fact he has yet to attack a prison officer, with him slaying a child murderer instead.
Mark Fairhurst, national chair of the Prison Officers’ Association, told the ECHO: “Prison officers continue to operate in one of the most violent and hostile working environments in the world, managing some of the most dangerous individuals in society.
“This case underlines the risks they face from prisoners who have nothing to lose, having been sentenced to die in custody.
“Mr Fellows will spend the rest of his life in the high-security estate, largely within a close supervision centre due to his sustained violent behaviour.
“Staff will continue to face serious risks as they protect the public by securely holding offenders determined to act on violent impulses. Their professionalism and commitment in doing so deserve recognition.”
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson stated: “Prisons must be places of control and punishment to protect the public.
“While we cannot comment on individual prisoners, we’re introducing a taskforce to reduce violence across the high security estate and investing an extra £35 million this year to bolster physical security. That’s on top of over £40 million already invested in prison security.”