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Insider trader feared he killed an inmate in prison brawl

Angus Grigg
Angus GriggNational affairs correspondent

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Christopher Hill, the man at the centre of Australia’s biggest insider trading heist, feared he had killed another inmate during a prison brawl at Melbourne’s notorious Port Phillip jail.

Hill describes the near constant violence and tension of prison life in episode six of The Sure Thing podcast and relates how he was forced to defend himself shortly after being sentenced in March 2015.

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Angus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com

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