Updated: 8 Apr 2021, 22:20
A MAN who raped and murdered a 15-year-old schoolgirl has died in prison - as her dad welcomed the “best news ever”.
Evil Stephen Beadman, 34, was serving a life term in Wakefield Prison for the brutal killing of Kayleigh Haywood.
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Kayleigh Haywood was killed after being groomed online and her body dumped in a hedgerow in November 2015Credit: PA:Press Association
Kayleigh, from Measham, Leicestershire, was killed after being groomed online and her body dumped in a hedgerow in November 2015.
The Prison Service today confirmed Beadman had died at HMP Wakefield and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman had been notified.