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Inmates found guilty of HMP chapel riot, attacking Kenny Green

Three men have been found guilty of causing a bloody riot inside Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail last February, that saw Kenny Green pummelled and attacked with homemade knifes and pieces of church pew.

Guilty verdicts in HMP chapel riot

9 years ago
Duration 0:39
Justin Harvey and Jody Clarke appear in St. John's provincial court to hear the verdict in the HMP chapel riot case.

Three men have been found guilty of causing a bloody riot inside Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail last February, that saw Kenny Greenpummelled and attacked with homemade knifes and pieces of church pew.

Calvin Kenny, 23,Jody Clarke, 39, and Justin Harvey, 24, were found guilty by Judge Colin Flynn onThursday, after Flynn determined the incident, which happened inside the chapel at Her Majesty's Penitentiary, was a riot.

Clarke and Kenny were also found guilty of assaulting causing bodily harm to Green. Harvey was acquitted of the same charge, but was also found guilty of causing malicious damage.

Kenny is currently serving time in a federal prison, Harvey isat HMP and Clarke is not in custody.

Three former inmates at Her Majesty's Penitentiary were found guilty on Thursday of participating in a riot. (CBC)

Green was awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge in connection with JoeyWhalen's death when the riot happened. He was later convicted of manslaughterand is currently serving time at a federal institution.

Surveillance video entered at trial for the three men showed dozens of inmates filing into the jail's chapel as members of the Salvation Army were preparing to startSunday service.

One inmate is shown running towards the surveillance camera, covering it with a towel. Moments later, the towel drops and reveals complete destruction in the chapel, and inmates attacking Green.

Two other men,Justin Wiseman and Paul Connolly, have already been sentenced for their involvement.

Philip Pynnis also charged in relation to the riot. However, his case was severed from the others as the trial dealing with the HMP riotbegan too closely to the end of Pynn'ssecond-degree murdertrial.

HMP riot video WARNING: VIOLENT CONTENT

10 years ago
Duration 1:49
An excerpt of a riot at HMP shown Feb. 9. The video was shown in court today