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Tom Wilkinson

UNBELIEVABLE: Killamarsh killer handed another life sentence for prison hammer attack | History Defined

Damien Bendall also used a claw hammer to conduct the horrific killings in Killamarsh in 2021 (Derbyshire Constabulary/PA) - (PA Media)

A former cage fighter serving a whole-life tariff for murdering his pregnant partner and three children has been handed a further life sentence for a hammer attack on a fellow inmate at a maximum security prison.

Damien Bendall, 36, was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court for the attempted murder of Michael Mullaney at HMP Frankland, Durham, after smashing him four times in the head with a claw hammer without warning.

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