Evil baby killer who contracted Covid died alone his cell
HE WAS SERVING LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER AT HMP FULL SUTTON
AN evil baby killer who was serving a life sentence in a Yorkshire prison died after contracting Covid-19.
Andrew Lloyd, 37, was found dead in his cell at HMP Full Sutton, near Pocklington, on November 19 in 2020.
He was serving a 24-year sentence after viciously murdering his girlfriend’s 13-month-old baby at his home in Swansea in May 2005, Yorkshire Live reports.
The court heard at the time that Lloyd had been brutally abusing baby Aaron Gilbert for weeks, yelling at him, picking him up by his ears, throwing bottles at him, swinging him by his ankles, putting a blanket over him as if to smother him, and blowing cannabis smoke in his face.
Aaron became disfigured after being systematically and violently assaulted, and yet his mum Rebecca Lewis still left him with Lloyd while she went shopping on May 5.
While alone with the baby, Lloyd, then 23, lost his temper and shook Aaron violently, causing his head to hit a wall.
The toddler died in hospital the following day and a postmortem examination revealed he had suffered a severe brain injury and almost 50 external injuries.
Lloyd was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 24 years, Walesonline reports.
A Swansea Crown Court jury also found Lewis, then 21, guilty of failing to protect her son from violent, drug-taking Lloyd at their home in Gwylfa Road, Townhill.
She was jailed for seven years for familial homicide and attempting to pervert the course of justice in what was a legal landmark at the time.
A report published by the prison and probation ombudsman yesterday, November 29, now confirmed that Lloyd died of Covid-19 interstitial pneumonia aged 37.
He had congestive cardiac failure, hypertensive heart disease and morbid obesity which contributed to but did not cause his death.
Over the last few years, Lloyd spent a significant amount of time at St Andrew’s Secure Hospital in Northampton for various health concerns
and began a relationship with a member of staff which was classed a “significant breach in procedural and relationship security” in August 2020.
He returned to Full Sutton in November that year and began a period of isolation but was not tested for Covid-19. He died six days after his transfer. There is no record that Lloyd showed any Covid-19 symptoms and it is unclear to this day when, where or how he contracted it.
Shortly before Lloyd arrived at the prison, one prisoner had tested positive for Covid-19. This prisoner lived in the healthcare centre and no other cases were recorded during Lloyd’s time at Full Sutton.
Lloyd had been diagnosed with several physical health conditions and was defined as clinically extremely vulnerable and at high risk from Covid-19.
A clinical reviewer concluded that the care Lloyd received at the prison was not equivalent to that which he could have expected to receive in the community.
The report said: “Mr Lloyd did not receive an initial health assessment on his first day at Full Sutton and there was no care plan appropriate to his complex physical health needs.
“Mr Lloyd appropriately began a period of isolation on arrival at Full Sutton. However, daily welfare checks and clinical observations were not recorded as they should have been.
“The night patrol officer did not complete the required early morning roll check on the day of Mr Lloyd’s death.”