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| HMP Birmingham inmates admit making 'selfie' rap video | HMP Birmingham inmates admit making 'selfie' rap video |
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| Two inmates have pleaded guilty to making a "selfie" rap video using a mobile phone smuggled into a jail. | Two inmates have pleaded guilty to making a "selfie" rap video using a mobile phone smuggled into a jail. |
| HMP Birmingham prisoners Demehl Thomas and Moysha Shepherd admitted recording the video, in which they bragged about drug dealing and violent assaults on rival gang members. | HMP Birmingham prisoners Demehl Thomas and Moysha Shepherd admitted recording the video, in which they bragged about drug dealing and violent assaults on rival gang members. |
| Both admitted making a sound recording in jail, believed to be the first prosecution of its kind under the 1952 Prison Act. | Both admitted making a sound recording in jail, believed to be the first prosecution of its kind under the 1952 Prison Act. |
| They have been jailed for nine months. | They have been jailed for nine months. |
| 'Complete breach' | 'Complete breach' |
| Thomas, 25, formerly of Vernolds Croft in Highgate, and Shepherd, also 25, of Hampstead Road, Handsworth were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday. | Thomas, 25, formerly of Vernolds Croft in Highgate, and Shepherd, also 25, of Hampstead Road, Handsworth were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday. |
| The pair made the video between 1 and 16 of August and then uploaded it to the internet. | The pair made the video between 1 and 16 of August and then uploaded it to the internet. |
| Geraldine Toal, defending Shepherd, told the court that there was no reference to threats or intimidation in the video which was accepted by the judge. | Geraldine Toal, defending Shepherd, told the court that there was no reference to threats or intimidation in the video which was accepted by the judge. |
| Sentencing both men to nine-month sentences to begin after their existing jail terms, the judge told the pair what they had done was a "complete breach of prison rules". | |
| The court heard Shepherd is serving a sentence of five years and 11 months for dangerous driving. Thomas is serving a seven-year sentence for aggravated burglary. | The court heard Shepherd is serving a sentence of five years and 11 months for dangerous driving. Thomas is serving a seven-year sentence for aggravated burglary. |
| The Prison Act was intended to "minimise the potential" for a camera or recording device to be used inside prison, police have said. | The Prison Act was intended to "minimise the potential" for a camera or recording device to be used inside prison, police have said. |