One of two men accused of murdering a fellow prisoner has told a magistrate he killed the victim because he was a child sex offender.
Shannon Daniel Norgate, 28, was found unresponsive with significant injuries from an assault at Maryborough Correctional Centre, north of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on November 26.
He died in hospital on December 1.
Sex offender Shannon Norgate, who was killed in a Maryborough prison in November 2025.Credit: Nine News
Norgate had been jailed in 2020 for sexually abusing young boys in a shopping centre toilet block.
Fellow prisoners Bodhi James Barry Johnson, 29, and Isaac James Martin, 31, were each charged with murder on Wednesday.
In a brief Brisbane Magistrates Court appearance on Thursday, Martin said he killed Norgate after being told he faced a mandatory life sentence if found guilty for murder.
“That’s right, Your Honour. I killed old mate because he was a child molester. I’m not denying anything. I killed him,” he said.
Martin appeared via videolink wearing a white prison-issue smock and sporting a beard.
Magistrate Aaron Simpson told Martin he should seek legal representation.
