Daniel Kelsall wants prison relationship with fellow killer Kelvin Wilmott recognised as ‘de facto’ 

A baby-faced Australian killer who slaughtered a businessman and was understood to be exhausted from prison sex has applied to have his relationship with a fellow inmate legally recognised.

Daniel Kelsall, who stabbed a Sydney businessman after following him home from the pub in 2013, applied to be legally recognised as being in a ‘de facto’ relationship with fellow murderer Kelvin Wilmott.

Kelsall, 28, who is serving 30 years for killing Morgan Huxley, was reported in 2019 to allegedly be having sex ‘almost every night’ with other inmates in the open-plan Hunter Correctional Centre.

Sources from Hunter Correctional Centre claimed Kelsall (pictured) was too exhausted by sex with inmates to participate in prison programs

Wilmott, now 49, is serving a 28-year sentence for the horrific stabbing murder of gentle giant Shane Curphey after an argument in a caravan park in 2010.

While Kelsall and Wilmott are believed to be in a relationship, prison sources believe the application could be a ploy by the younger man to remain in the same jail as his lover, The Daily Telegraph reported.

It is believed Hunter Correctional Centre is set to be reclassified as a general maximum security prison, whereas it is now home to ‘at risk’ inmates.

That could mean some prisoners are moved in or out to other jails.

Kelsall is currently serving a minimum 30 years sentence for the murder of Sydney business Morgan Huxley (pictured)

While Kelsall and Wilmott are believed to be in a relationship, prison sources believe the application could be a ploy by the younger man to remain at Hunter Correctional Centre (pictured) as his lover

It is not known if Wilmott was in favour of the de facto relationship application or even had any knowledge of it.

The pair are believed to have formed the relationship after being housed in the same pod in the open-plan prison.

In NSW people aged over 18 who are living together in a straight or same sex relationship can apply to be legally recognised as being de facto.

They must not be in a relationship with another person, already legally married, or related.

Becoming a formal de facto couple makes it easier for both parties when dealing with government services such as Centrelink and the Australian Taxation office and to make a will.

The application fee is $223. 

The application was denied by NSW Corrective Services, in line with policy. 

Kelsall 28, sexually assaulted and stabbed Mr Huxley, to death on Sydney’s north shore in 2013 after following him home from a Neutral Bay pub. 

Wilmott stabbed Mr Curphey 105 times and slashed his throat in a frenzied attack in a caravan park at Canton Beach, on the NSW Central Coast, in October, 2010.

He died in the savage attack which involved being stabbed with two kitchen knives in front of horrified caravan park residents.

It is believed Hunter Correctional Centre is set to be reclassified as a general maximum security prison, whereas it is now home to ‘at risk’ inmates

Wilmott, who was out on bail at the time of the murder, was sentenced to 28 years for his crimes in 2012.

Forensic psychologist Dr Susan Pulman, who interviewed Kelsall for police over Mr Huxley’s murder believes he ‘would kill again’.

‘I don’t see how he’s fundamentally going to change, I just think that’s who he is and that’s what scares me,’ Dr Pulman told Foxtel documentary Crimes That Shook Australia last year. 

Mr Huxley’s ex-girlfriend Jessica Hall described Kelsall as a ‘worthless psychopath’ during the 2015 trial.  

In 2019 a prison source told The Sunday Telegraph Mr Kelsall was indulging in nightly sex with other inmates.

‘Because of the open-plan design, there is nothing stopping them. Sex in the prison is rife,’ the source told the publication.

‘The young bloke (Kelsall) is so tired in the morning he barely takes part in the prison programs.’ 

Sources expressed concerns about the cell-free, open plan maximum security prison, where prisoners are free to engage with one another in dormitory-style accommodation with 25 inmates in each of the 16 ‘pods’.