London - Michael Stone, jailed for beating a mother and daughter to death with a hammer, has been attacked by a fellow inmate. Stone (38), murdered Lin Russell (43), and her daughter Megan (6), as they walked near their home in Chillenden, Kent, in 1996. Daughter Josie, now 11, survived the brutal attack and recovered enough to help identify Stone as the murderer.
Stone suffered head injuries after he was attacked by an inmate at top security Frankland Prison, in Co Durham.