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Child killer Freeman attacked in prison
9 Apr
Summary
- Convicted child killer Arthur Freeman hospitalized after jail attack.
- Freeman was injured in a confrontation with another prisoner.
- The incident occurred at Western Plains Correctional Centre near Geelong.
Arthur Freeman, a convicted child killer, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after an assault by another inmate on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at the Western Plains Correctional Centre, located near Geelong in southern Victoria.
Freeman, aged 54, has reportedly spent the majority of his life sentence separated from the general prison population. Victoria Police will be investigating the confrontation, which did not result in any other injuries to prisoners or staff.
Freeman was sentenced to life imprisonment in March 2011 for the murder of his four-year-old daughter, Darcey Iris Freeman, in January 2009. He had thrown her from the West Gate Bridge, an act described by the sentencing judge as particularly callous.
