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01.07.2020 / 06:57
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Prison revenge attack sees killer punched in face by relative of man he murdered
Jimmy Smith, 63, is serving a minimum 17 years in Shotts Prison for murdering Alex Cameron, who was 67, in January 2015 at a farm in Kirknewton, West Lothian.After repeatedly smashing his head in with an axe and a fencing mallet, Smith tried to conceal his crime by burying his victim in a shallow pile of horse manure and covering the body with slabs.Last week, Smith, who has a prison job that involves cleaning an area set aside for inmates to make video calls to loved ones – bumped into Cameron’s great-nephew.James John Cameron, known as JJ, 34, had just ended a call with his aunt, Diane, and was going back to his cell when he saw Smith and hit him.A couple of hours later, Diane got a call saying JJ had “laid out” Smith and was in
