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Subscriber only A man who went from villain to hero after stealing a marmoset and saltwater crocodile before thwarting a plot to blow up a service station was not wearing a helmet or seatbelt when he was killed in an ATV crash at Holtze Prison last year, a court has heard. Deputy Coroner Kelvin Currie told an inquest into Benny Watts death the 31-year-old former construction worker was serving time for drug and weapons offences and working as a foreman in the prison s horticulture section when he crashed the vehicle on May 8. Mr Currie said Watts had sped up to get ahead of another ATV before slamming into a mound of dirt and was thrown from the vehicle.
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