Mert Ney: Man punches prison guard after being jailed for killing sex worker Michaela Dunn
A notorious killer who spent decades in prison for brutally stabbing a sex worker during a bloody massacre has attacked a prison guard.
Mert Ney shocked Sydney in August 2019 when he murdered 24-year-old Michaela Dunn and ran through the streets with a knife, stabbing another woman, before being overpowered by brave Good Samaritans.
He was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. Chief Justice Peter Johnson described his actions as a “vicious, brutal and terrifying attack without reason”.
Ney is being held in the state’s maximum security prison, Goulburn Supermax.
Ney reportedly stabbed a prison guard during an incident on Friday morning.
Mert Ney shocked Sydney in August 2019 when he murdered Michaela Dunn. He slashed a prison officer on Friday
The officer was taken to hospital in stable condition.
Ney was sentenced to 44 years in prison, 33 of which will be without the possibility of parole, for the murder of Mrs. Dunn.
His previously imposed release was shortened by three years after he successfully appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal in October last year.
Michaela Dunn was murdered in the senseless attack by Mert Ney in 2019
In October 2021, Ney was convicted of assaulting a prison guard while in prison, for which he was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
He was also convicted and sentenced to 12 months in prison for setting fire to his cell.
In February last year, Ney was sentenced to 15 months in prison for throwing boiling water on a fellow inmate.
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