Inmate Serving Sentence for Murder and Sexual Assault Dies in NSW Correctional Center

An inmate notorious for a brutal murder and sexual assault in 2015 has died following an assault at Lithgow Correctional Centre, located in Marrangaroo, New South Wales. Aymen Terkmani, who was serving a lengthy sentence, succumbed to injuries sustained during an altercation on Wednesday.

The New South Wales (NSW) Police confirmed that Terkmani, 31, was stabbed just before 2:45 PM in the maximum-security facility, which is situated approximately 152 kilometers west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains. Despite medical intervention and subsequent airlift to a hospital, paramedics declared him dead.

Terkmani had been serving a 33-year minimum sentence for the murder and sexual assault of 16-year-old Mahmoud Hrouk, a crime that took place in May 2015. Mahmoud’s body was found in a grisly state by his brother at an abandoned property in Fairfield East, after a distressing final call indicated he was with “friend Aymen.”

In 2017, the NSW Supreme Court, led by Justice Lucy McCallum, sentenced Terkmani to a maximum of 45 years for what was described as a “brutal and horrific” attack. The sentencing highlighted the severity of the crime, describing injuries inflicted on the victim as “too numerous to list and too gruesome to describe.”

The Lithgow Correctional Centre, known for housing infamous inmates, was immediately locked down as investigations into the incident commenced. A crime scene was established to gather evidence regarding the violent assault. NSW police along with prison authorities are conducting a thorough investigation.

The facility is recognized for housing some of Australia’s most notorious criminals, including organized crime leaders and serial offenders. Former inmates include Ivan Milat, a serial killer known for the backpacker murders, and Bassam Hamzy, founder of the Brothers 4 Life gang.

The correctional center’s past residents have also included Matthew Milat, Ivan Milat’s great-nephew, convicted of a separate brutal murder, and John Wayne Glover, known as the “Granny Killer,” who died at the prison in 2005. This incident adds another chapter to the prison’s history of housing infamous individuals.