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By David Fisher
4:00 AM Sunday Jul 11, 2010
The inmate who murdered a teenager in the back of a prison van has been paid $20,000 in legal aid to sue the Government for abuse he claims to have suffered as a child.
George Charlie Baker, who is serving a minimum 18-year jail term for the 2006 killing of Liam Ashley, has now been approached by the Ministry of Social Development to negotiate a settlement.
A ministry spokeswoman said: "The ministry has offered to work with Mr Baker to resolve his claim. This offer is open to any person who believes they came to harm while in state child welfare care."
Baker made the claim after being sent to prison for the brutal killing of Ashley, 17.
After the attack, Baker told security guards: "[Brother] you better pull that guy out, I just killed him. He isn't breathing." Ashley later died in hospital.
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