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David Mouriquand

Yeast or famine: Australian convicted murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

What constitutes a human right in prison? Not Vegemite, apparently.

An Australian convicted murderer has lost his appeal to bring Vegemite back to prison in Victoria. Andre McKechnie, 54, who is serving a life sentence for stabbing a property developer to death in Queensland in the 1990s, argued that the ban of Vegemite has denied him the right to "enjoy his culture as an Australian".

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