{"id":950054,"date":"2026-05-10T08:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/950054\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:24:17","slug":"beast-who-raped-midland-student-during-freshers-week-dead-in-monster-mansion-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/950054\/","title":{"rendered":"Beast who raped Midland student during freshers’ week dead in ‘Monster Mansion’ jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akiel Flemming raped a student and sexually assaulted another as he roamed a hall of residence at the University of Wolverhampton<\/p>\n

15:33, 09 May 2026Updated 08:52, 10 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"Akiel<\/p>\n

Akiel Flemming.<\/p>\n

A rapist who attacked female students during a Midland university freshers’ week has died in a jail dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’.<\/p>\n

Akiel Flemming raped an undergraduate and sexually assaulted another having crept into her room after roaming a hall of residence at the University of Wolverhampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also targeted a third woman who was asleep with her boyfriend at around 5am.<\/p>\n

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Flemming, then 25, of Albert Avenue, Manchester, was arrested the same day on October 1, 2016.<\/p>\n

He was later charged with rape, sexual assault and trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence.<\/p>\n

Flemming had denied the offences and claimed the sexual contact was consensual after being welcomed into the halls.<\/p>\n

But a jury did not believe him and he was convicted on each count.<\/p>\n

He was jailed for 16 years and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life at Wolverhampton Crown Court in June 2017.<\/p>\n

Now it has emerged the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is probing Flemming’s death. It was revealed the 35-year-old died at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire on Wednesday, April 22.<\/p>\n

The investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death was ongoing. The Ministry of Justice also confirmed the death.<\/p>\n

A Prison Service spokesperson told BirminghamLive: “As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is investigating.<\/p>\n

“We will respond to its findings, and any recommendations by the coroner, in due course.”<\/p>\n

Wakefield Prison was dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’ because of the number of high-profile, high-risk sex offenders and murderers held there.<\/p>\n

At the time of the Category A jail’s inspection last year, about two-thirds of its inmates were convicted of sexual offences.<\/p>\n

It is the same jail where Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins, who was serving a 29-years for child sexual offences, was fatally stabbed in his cell on October 11, last year. Two men deny his murder and a trial is ongoing.<\/p>\n

At the time of Flemming’s sentencing, Judge Patrick Thomas QC told him he was in “no doubt you represent a significant risk to the public”.<\/p>\n

Det Con Tom Keady, of West Midlands Police<\/a> \u2019s Public Protection Unit, also said at the time: “Flemming\u2019s actions were shocking.<\/p>\n

“He prowled the corridors of the multi-occupancy accommodation and committed all three offences on the same morning during Fresher\u2019s week targeting fellow students.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll three of Flemming\u2019s victims have been greatly affected and their studies were interrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Akiel Flemming raped a student and sexually assaulted another as he roamed a hall of residence at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,4349],"class_list":["post-950054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wolverhampton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116549326183730899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}