Notorious killers exchange blows in prison brawl
Two of the state's most reviled killers, Adrian Ernest Bayley and Steven James Hunter, have exchanged blows in Victoria's maximum-security Barwon Prison.
The pair is understood to have broken out into a fight on Friday last week, briefly landing Hunter in hospital.
It's believed Hunter – who is behind the stabbing murders of two young women – was treated for a minor head injury but was returned to his prison cell near Geelong the same day.
Corrections Victoria confirmed there was an incident between two inmates last Friday.
"A prisoner was taken to hospital following an incident at Barwon Prison on 10 May. The prisoner has since been returned to the prison," the spokesman said.
"Corrections Victoria takes all assaults very seriously, and refers all allegations of criminal activity to Victoria Police for investigation."
It comes three months after underworld drug lord Tony Mokbel was repeatedly stabbed at the same prison.
Mokbel, 53, was left bleeding from the mouth, head and chest when he was allegedly attacked by two fellow inmates on February 11.
Hunter is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for the murder of Melbourne woman Sarah Cafferkey.
The 22-year-old was stabbed and bashed to death after an argument in November 2012 at his Bacchus Marsh unit. Her body was found in a wheelie bin more than a week later.
Hunter was previously jailed in 1986 for repeatedly stabbing 18-year-old schoolgirl Jacqueline Cecilia Mathews and burning her body in a car.
Bayley is behind bars for the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, 29, as she walked home in Brunswick in the early hours of September 22, 2012.
Meagher's rape and murder made waves across the country. Her killer was on parole for prior sex offences at the time, leading to a public outcry and a tightening of Victoria's parole laws.