Teenage killer, 19, is found dead in his prison cell after he was jailed for beating angler to death with a plank of wood
- Lenny Crawt, 19, was found dead in his cell by staff during routine checks
- Death at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution, Bucks, treated non-suspicious
- Crawt jailed for the murder of Scott Wilkinson, 48, while he was on a fishing trip
- He, his brother and their cousin beat Wilkinson to death with a plank of wood
- Lenny was 17 and Shane was 16 at time of the murder and both were jailed for life
A teenage killer has been found dead in his prison cell after he was found guilty of beating a keen angler to death with a plank of wood while he was on a summer fishing trip.
Lenny Crawt, who was 17 at the time of the killing in July 2016, was jailed for the murder of Scott Wilkinson, 48, in March last year.
Crawt and his brother, Shane, who was 16 at the time of the incident in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, were jailed for life for the murder and their cousin, Charlie Smith, 24, was jailed for 13 years for manslaughter.
Lenny Crawt, 19, was 16 when he, his brother and his cousin viciously attacked Scott Wilkinson, 48, while he was on a fishing trip in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
The sick trio beat Mr Wilkinson to death with a plank of wood at Donkey Island in July 2016
Staff found Crawt, 19, dead in his cell at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution, Buckinghamshire, at around 5.30am on May 16 while carrying out routine checks.
The death is being treated as non-suspicious.
A prison service spokesperson, as reported in The Sun, said: ‘HMP Aylesbury prisoner Lenny Crawt died on 16 May.
‘As with all deaths in custody there will be an independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.’
Mr Wilkinson was enjoying a fishing trip on Donkey Island, near his home in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, when he was murdered.
After his partner left, Scott was attacked by the trio of young thugs – who were the only other people camping on the little island.
The evil gang punched, kicked and stabbed Scott before smashing his head in with a piece of wood, causing fatal head injuries.
Staff found Crawt dead in his cell at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution, Buckinghamshire, (pictured) while undertaking routine checks early in the morning on May 16
Lenny’s brother Shane, 18, (left) was also jailed for life for Mr Wilkinson’s murder and the brothers’ cousin Charlie Smith, 24, (right) was found guilty of manslaughter
During the trial the jury heard how Shane and Lenny Crawt and their cousin Charlie Smith had been camping on the island as well.
Smith, of no fixed abode, and his cousins fled to nearby Grovelands Park, and met a gang of youths they knew.
According to Surrey Police, one of the three said ‘I wouldn’t say anything if I was you because we killed someone tonight.’
Smith told an old school friend that he was on the run ‘for murder’.
Judge Johnathan Black said: ‘The three of you left the island without checking how badly he was hurt and without alerting the emergency services,’ said the judge.
‘He was placed into the River Thames and left to die alone and without succour.’
All three of the sick trio denied their involvement in the angler’s death – which records from a heart monitor he wore suggest did not occur until three hours after the assault on the night of July 27, 2016.
In court they deployed what is known as a ‘cut-throat defence’, blaming each other for the murder.