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KEMPSEY INMATES CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

Two inmates will front court today charged with attempted murder, following a stabbing at the Mid Coast Correction Centre in Kempsey.

Emergency services were called to the prison just after 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, responding to reports an inmate has been stabbed multiple times.

The 26-year-old near his cell when he was allegedly knifed several times in the neck, chest and back.

He was flown to John Hunter Hospital, where he remains in a critical but stable condition.

The two inmates allegedly behind the ambush were arrested and charged with attempted murder.

They’ll appear in Port Macquarie Local court later today via video link.

 

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