Paedophile, 75, dies after testing positive for virus

A CONVICTED paedophile who carried out a string of sex attacks on young girls has died after testing positive for coronavirus.

Alwyn George Evans was serving an indeterminate sentence at HMP Usk, Monmouthshire, when he began exhibiting symptoms of the virus.

Evans was jailed for 18 months in 2005 for five counts of indecent assault on a female under the age of 14. Five years later, he was again behind bars for five counts of assault by penetration.

In the latter, he was convicted of rape, 16 counts of indecent assault and five of indecency with a child between 1998 and 2003. Two girls, one aged between eight and 11 and the other between seven and 12, were subjected to a campaign of serious sexual assault by Evans.

At an inquest opening hearing yesterday, a coroner heard 75-year-old Evans tested positive for Covid-19 and was taken to Nevill Hall Hospital on April 14, 2020.

Coroner’s court officer Paul Richardson said the inmate refused to be ventilated and died on April 17. His medical cause of death was given as Covid-19 contributed to by pneumoconiosis.

Mr Richardson said there are no suspicious circumstances and no third-party involvement.

Mr Richardson said Evans was convicted of offences at crown court and received an indeterminate sentence in September 2010. His inquest was listed for April 29, 2021.

Evans had previously lived in Trealaw, Rhondda, and Pontygwaith. In 2006, Evans was “driven out” of two homes in Miskin and Penrhiwceiber after a group of local mothers found out about his past and took action.

The Ministry of Justice said it was unable to comment about Evans’ death.