Byron Cooper, who murdered a widow when he was 16, is among those performing a song in the clip
A teen killer has sparked outrage with a violent rap song about a gangland hitman which was filmed in a Scots prison and posted on TikTok.
Russell Findlay, Scottish Conservative shadow community safety minister, condemned the video. He said: “Victims of these criminals, and the law-abiding majority of Scots, will be rightly concerned about this recording, which appears to champion the cause of a highly dangerous gangland hitman.”The lyrics appear to be self-penned with similarities to a rap by New Monkey MC.
The video was posted on TikTok over the weekend. It’s unclear when the video was filmed but inmates are seen wearing masks, suggesting it was during a Covid lockdown.Cooper was still a teenager when he repeatedly stabbed widower George Stewart in February 2009. Cooper showed no emotion at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2010 when a judge ordered him to serve at least 16 years.
Findlay added: “It’s bad enough that the mobile phones issued to every prisoner by the SNP government at a cost of millions of pounds have been used to commit a range of serious crimes including the fire-bombing of family homes. “Authorities must urgently explain how these inmates were able to make and post them online right under the nose of prison guards.“Ultimately, the SNP minister responsible must urgently come forward with a plan to stop the flow of smart phones into Scotland’s prison.”Sunderland.
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