RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina inmate was found guilty Monday of murdering four prison workers during a failed escape attempt two years ago. Jurors deliberated for about half an hour before convicting Mikel Brady, 30, of four counts of first-degree murder in the state’s deadliest attempted prison breakout. Brady was already serving time for attempted murder after shooting a North Carolina state trooper at close range in 2013. Jurors also saw prison camera photos of the four prison workers lying in pools of blood as Brady and others armed with hammers or scissors stood over them, The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia, reported . Killed were Veronica Darden, 50, head of the sewing plant, maintenance worker Geoffrey Howe, 31, Corrections Officer Justin Smith, 35, and Shannon.

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 19:26 UTC