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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

'I hope you die, you maggot': jury shown bloody aftermath of jail stabbing

Michael Black.

AS Michael Black "cowered" in the corner of a holding cell at Parklea Correctional Centre, his accused murderer, Newcastle's Emmett Sheard, stood in the middle of the cell and shouted "I hope you die, you little maggot", footage of the aftermath of the stabbing shows.

Mr Sheard has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Black and claims he was acting in self-defence when he stabbed the 33-year-old eight times with a shiv in cell four of the jail in April 2020.

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