'I killed old mate': Inmate confesses to bashing paedophile to death during wild brawl in Queensland jail
A man accused of killing a fellow inmate in prison has refused a lawyer in court, telling the judge: 'I'm representing myself'.
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By AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 05:08 GMT, 8 January 2026 | Updated: 05:08 GMT, 8 January 2026
One of two men accused of murdering a fellow prisoner has told a magistrate he killed the victim because he was a child sex offender.
Shannon Daniel Norgate, 28, was found unresponsive with significant injuries from an assault at Maryborough Correctional Centre, north of Queensland's Sunshine Coast on November 26.
He died in hospital on December 1.
Norgate had been jailed in 2020 for sexually abusing young boys in a shopping centre toilet block.
A court heard on three occasions he had disguised himself as a security guard and led children into a toilet block at a Gladstone shopping centre and a school.
In another incident, Norgate had also followed two boys, aged four and five, into a school toilet block, a court heard.
He took the younger boy's hand and sexually abused him, which the five-year-old witnessed.
Norgate was released from prison after serving 406 days but was later jailed again for breaching multiple court orders.
Shannon Daniel Norgate died in hospital after allegedly being attacked by two inmates in prison
Norgate was jailed in 2020 for sexually abusing young boys in a shopping centre toilet block
Those included contravening an offender prohibition order and failing to report a reportable offender under the Child Protection Act.
In 2023 Norgate was sentenced to six years behind bars.
On Wednesday, fellow prisoners Bodhi James Barry Johnson, 29 and Isaac James Martin, 31, were both charged with murder.
In a brief Brisbane Magistrates Court appearance on Thursday, Martin said he killed Norgate after being told he faced a mandatory life sentence if found guilty of murder.
'That's right, Your Honour. I killed old mate because he was a child molester. I'm not denying anything. I killed him,' he said.
Martin appeared via video link wearing a white prison-issue smock and sporting a beard.
Magistrate Aaron Simpson told Martin he should seek legal representation.