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Ex-Maine Midcoast Army Paratrooper Accused Of Murdering Irish Farmer Beaten In Prison

Maine Wire: Irish murder sus assault

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Former Maine resident in Ireland murder case beaten behind bars.

A former Waldo County man awaiting trial for the gruesome chainsaw murder of an Ireland farmer has been assaulted while behind bars.

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That’s according to the Irish Mirror, which says Michael G. Kelley had been in a solitary cell until recently moved to a cell with other inmates.

The paper quoted Kelley’s lawyer as saying he noticed marks on Kelley when he was doing a court-related video teleconference with him.

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