Man jailed for leaving a bacon sandwich outside a mosque is found dead in prison halfway through his 12-month sentence

  • Kevin Crehan, 35, was found dead in his cell at HMP Bristol on Tuesday
  • He was serving a one-year sentence for racist attack on a Bristol mosque
  • Crehan and accomplices left bacon sandwiches outside the building
  • They also left a St George flag outside with ‘No Mosques’ written on it 

A man jailed after leaving bacon sandwiches outside a mosque has been found dead in his cell.

Kevin Crehan, 35, was halfway through a one-year prison sentence he received in July after admitting the racially-motivated attack on the Jamia Mosque in Bristol earlier this year.

He was accompanied by Alison Bennett, 46, and Mark Bennett, 48, and Angelina Swales, 31, who also pleaded guilty over the incident.

Kevin Crehan, 35, pictured, was found dead in his cell at HMP Bristol on Tuesday

Kevin Crehan, 35, pictured, was found dead in his cell at HMP Bristol on Tuesday

Crehan and three accomplices all admitted a racially-aggravated attack on a mosque in Bristol in which they tied bacon to door handles and left bacon sandwiches outside, pictured

Crehan and three accomplices all admitted a racially-aggravated attack on a mosque in Bristol in which they tied bacon to door handles and left bacon sandwiches outside, pictured

A St George flag with the words ‘no mosques’ was also tied to the fence outside the building in Totterdown, Bristol, and shouted racial abuse at a worshipper.

Bacon was tied to the door handles and sandwiches made of raw meat and sliced white bread were left at the entrance, in what was described in court by the judge as an ‘an attack on England’.

The prison service confirmed Crehan was found dead in his cell at HMP Bristol on Tuesday, December 27.

A spokesman told the Sun: ‘HMP Bristol prisoner Kevin Crehan died in custody on Tuesday 27 December.

The gang also tied a St George flag to a nearby fence with the words 'no mosques' written on it, pictured 

The gang also tied a St George flag to a nearby fence with the words ‘no mosques’ written on it, pictured

‘As with all deaths in custody, the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.’

Crehan was jailed for a year while Bennett was given a nine-month sentence.

Bennett was given a six-month sentence and Swales was given a four-month sentence – both suspended for two years.

They were all banned from going within 330ft of a mosque anywhere in England or Wales for the next 10 years.