A notorious killer who was jailed for decades for brutally stabbing a sex worker to death during a bloody shootout 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 brandishing a knife, stabbing another woman before being subdued by brave good Samaritans.
He was jailed for more than 40 years and High Court judge Peter Johnson described his actions as a “cruel, brutal and terrifying attack carried out for no reason”.
Ney is housed in the state’s most secure prison, the Goulburn Supermax.
Ney is known to have stabbed a correctional officer during an incident on Friday morning.
Mert Ney shocked Sydney in August 2019 when he murdered Michaela Dunn. On Friday he stabbed a prison officer.
The officer was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Ney was sentenced to 44 years in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for the murder of Ms. Dunn.
His first release was reduced by three years after he successfully appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal in October last year.
Michaela Dunn was killed in the senseless attack by Mert Ney in 2019
In October 2021, Ney was found guilty of assaulting a prison officer 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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