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BBC News
16-05-2025
- BBC News
Nigel Malt: Norfolk dad who murdered daughter dies in prison
A man who was jailed for murdering his own daughter has died behind bars, a prison spokesperson confirmed. Nigel Malt, 47, formerly of King's Lynn, in Norfolk, was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison after he ran over Lauren Malt, 19, twice outside her home in West Winch on 23 January 2022. He was serving his sentence at a category B men's prison in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. His cause of death has not been confirmed. "As with all deaths in custody, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman will investigate," a prison service spokesperson said. During a trial at Norwich Crown Court in July 2022, the jury heard Malt had turned up at the family home. When his daughter asked him to leave, he reversed his car over her, stopped and then drove forward over her body. Malt then put her in his front passenger seat and drove to his wife's work before taking her to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.A post-mortem examination found she died from injuries to her chest and denied murder, claiming it was an accident, but was found guilty. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Sun
16-05-2025
- The Sun
Dad who crushed daughter, 19, to death by running her over twice as she screamed in agony dies in prison
A DAD who crushed his teen daughter to death after he drove over her twice as she screamed in agony has died in prison. Lauren Malt, 19, was trying to protect her boyfriend from a crowbar attack carried out by dad Nigel Malt, 44, when he slammed his Mercedes into her. 3 3 The dad reversed over the teen outside the home she shared with her mum and younger siblings in Norfolk. He then stopped before driving forwards over Lauren as she screamed in agony. Malt was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years in 2022 after being convicted of murder. The killer dad, whose minimum jail term was later raised to 22 years, was found dead at HMP Gartree in Leicestershire on April 29. His cause of his death has not yet been released. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has launched a probe, which is standard practice when an inmate dies in jail. Malt murdered Lauren outside the family home in January 2022. He had breached bail conditions imposed after he was arrested for assaulting his wife and instead drove to the shop where she worked. Malt also made 19 phone calls to her home on January 23 this year that went unanswered. The final call, which Lauren is believed to have picked up, lasted for one minute and six seconds with Malt arriving at the home shortly after. The court was told he rowed with his daughter and her boyfriend, who he tried to attack with a crowbar. "Consumed by anger", he then hopped in the black Mercedes and began to drive it "at speed" into Lauren. A horrified witness yelled "You've killed her, you've f***ing killed her" but Malt urged them not to call police and instead put Lauren in the passenger seat. He then drove his stricken daughter to the shop where his estranged wife worked after calling her to say their daughter was dead. After he was arrested at hospital, Malt was heard saying: 'My baby. It's my mistake that caused all this.' The teen was rushed to hospital where she medics found she had suffered a broken back, breast bone and ribs and traumatic injuries to her chest and abdomen. Sentencing, Judge Anthony Bate said Malt used his car as a "lethal weapon in an alcohol-fuelled rage in a residential street". He added: "She (Lauren) should have been safe in her father's company." 3
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Father who murdered his estranged daughter, 19, by running her over with his car is found dead in prison
A father who murdered his estranged daughter by running her over in his car has died in prison, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has said. Nigel Malt, 47, was jailed in 2022 for the killing of his 19-year-old daughter Lauren after he deliberately ran her over twice following a family row. The murderer died at category B prison HMP Gartree on April 29. A cause of death has not yet been released. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has launched an investigation into his death, as is standard after a prisoner dies in custody. Malt was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty in July 2022 of crushing Lauren to death in his car while 'totally consumed by anger'. The father, who was estranged from his wife and children, had already threatened her boyfriend with a crowbar outside her home in West Winch, Norfolk, on January 23 2022, where she lived with her mother and younger siblings. On the day of the tragedy, Malt had argued with his daughter before threatening her partner, Andrew Marnell, with the weapon. He then got into his car and reversed over his daughter, before then driving over her a second time. Afterwards, he put her body into the passenger seat and drove her to hospital in King's Lynn, where she was pronounced dead. A post-mortem examination recorded that she died of significant traumatic injuries to her chest and abdomen. Prosecutors said said that after Malt 'failed in his bid to inflict violence' on Ms Malt's boyfriend and she told him to go home 'he was totally consumed with anger'. They added that the 'estrangement from his wife and family no doubt fuelled his anger'. Malt's wife, Karen, had reported him to police in April 2021 for assaulting her, the prosecutor said, with the defendant arrested and bailed at the time. On the evening Lauren was killed, Malt went to the shop where his wife worked, drove to her home and made repeated phone calls. 'The defendant's relationship with his family was broken and it was something he wasn't prepared to accept,' said the prosecutor. While at the shop where his wife was, he made 19 attempted calls to the landline of her home, where Lauren and her boyfriend were, between 6.25pm and 6.52pm. Malt's 'persistent' calls went unanswered until a final one which was, and lasted one minute and six seconds. Within two minutes of the call, he drove to the family home in Leete Way. After Malt ran over his daughter, he said 'don't get the police'. At trial, he denied murder and maintained Lauren's death was an accident, but was unanimously convicted. The Ministry of Justice and Prisons and Porbation Ombudsman have been contacted for comment.
