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Murderer attacked fellow Durham Frankland inmate with hammer
Damien Bendall received a life sentence with a 15-year minimum after a premeditated hammer attack on a fellow inmate to secure a segregation unit transfer.
- Damien Bendall, 36, struck Michael Mullaney four times in the head with a claw hammer at HMP Frankland in Durham in May 2024.
- When the prison officer drew his baton, Bendall immediately threw his hammer away and put his arms out to show he had stopped the assault.
- Vanessa Marshall KC said Bendall carried out the attack in the hopes of being moved to a segregation unit because he feared his mental health was deteriorating.
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·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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