NSW: Falconio killer "doing it easy" in top end jail

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2007
NSW: Falconio killer "doing it easy" in top end jail

SYDNEY, Aug 4 AAP - Convicted backpacker murderer Bradley John Murdoch is "doing it
easy" in a minimum security Darwin jail, prison guards say.

Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in the
Northern Territory outback, and jailed for life.

The 48-year-old has now been released from maximum security and is being "treated like
a rock star" in Darwin's Berrimah Jail, News Limited newspapers report.

Prison guards said Murdoch has access to five hours' leisure time a day, and use of
a television, the internet, ping pong tables and film screenings.

A prison dietitian tends to his food allergies and Murdoch, reportedly, has the guards
under his charm, hanging out and joking with them.

"The guards looked like they thought it cool to be with the tough guy," one guard said.

"Murdoch's got enough smarts to know how to influence people, including the guards,"

another added.

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