A rapper serving a life sentence for a fatal knife attack has issued a threatening message aimed at Russell Brand, who was imprisoned this week.
Drill artist Terngu Agera, known as Mover, stabbed builder Zydrunas Laurinavicius in the chest during the 2014 robbery of a counterfeit Rolex in London.
Agera, who was 23 when the killing took place, was sentenced to life in prison the following year, with a minimum term of 30 years.
The 35-year-old, who has released tracks featuring violent lyrics including ‘Trapped In The Wing’, posted a message about Brand on social media last night, despite the use of mobile phones being banned in prisons.
Alongside an image of a prison window, he wrote: ‘Russell Brand you naughty boy, we’ll be seeing you son.’
The post came after Brand, 51, was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009.
The former actor, sentenced at Southwark Crown Court, was described as a ‘sexual predator’ by Mr Justice Bennathan and will remain on the sex offenders’ register for life.
Brand is currently being held at HMP Wandsworth, where he faces inmates likely to strongly disapprove of the offences for which he was convicted.
Reports last week claimed that, while Brand was being held on remand at the prison after his conviction, inmates chanted: ‘There’s a Brand new nonce on the wing! A Brand new nonce. Brand, you c***, you ain’t so f****** lairy now.’
Terngu Agera, pictured, stabbed Zydrunas Laurinavicius to death in London in 2014
Mover shared a picture of a prison window alongside the message: ‘Russell Brand you naughty boy, we’ll be seeing you son’
Russell Brand with his wife Laura at Southwark Crown Court last Thursday, hours before his conviction
Mover later posted on his Snapchat account from another prison, following the threatening message with a lyric video promoting his latest project.
In the video, he raps: ‘I’ve got blood on my hands, blood on my hands right now, look what I’ve done.
‘Took a man’s soul, wished he’d just run.’
Agera killed Mr Laurinavicius, 38, in a daytime attack outside St Mary’s High School in Hendon, north London, 12 years ago.
The victim was walking home from work with his 67-year-old father, who witnessed the attack and was unable to save his son.
Agera and his accomplice, Stephen Lansana, 35, targeted the Lithuanian man for his imitation designer watch and work bag.
Both men were found guilty of murder and robbery at the Old Bailey.
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Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Jamie Stevenson described the killing as ‘a horrific, unprovoked attack on an honest, hardworking man returning home from work in the middle of the day’.
Police offered a £20,000 reward for information leading to the suspects’ arrest.
Agera, from Canning Town in east London, has continued to release music from prison, building an audience that has generated millions of streams. His Spotify catalogue includes four albums, among them 2017’s Exit Wounds, along with ten singles released since he was jailed.
Some of his lyrics include violent boasts such as ‘hit man in his chest and neck then quick flee’ and ‘looking at life cause prints in the bloody car’.
Earlier this year, reports emerged that he had been using a mobile phone in prison to warn young people against following the path that led to his incarceration.
In one post, he wrote: ‘I’m no angel but what goes on here is just disgusting. I’m surrounded by what media paint out to be some of the worst kind and yet the most wicked men in here are the ones in uniforms.
‘I’ve seen them just leave a man that was fighting cancer to rot and by the time they did take him healthcare wing, he was dead within 24 hours.’
He added: ‘Bruddas DO NOT COME JAIL.
‘And if you do happen to have a loved one in Frankland, make sure you check up on them, because more time real people won’t even tell you the reality of this place and will just firm it with a wink and a smile, because they don’t want to burden you, when really these type of tings are gwarnin [going on] on a regular.
‘Chin up my drillas, stay strong!’
A prisoner transport van leaves HMP Wandsworth in south London on Monday morning, before Brand was sentenced
A source said: ‘Brand and Agera are not in the same prison, but it doesn’t make it easier to hear someone like him is after you.’
Using or possessing an unauthorised mobile phone in prison is a criminal offence.
Prisoners are not permitted to keep personal cell phones, and anyone found with an unauthorised device can face further imprisonment and a fine.
Authorised prison telephones are available, but inmates may call only pre-approved numbers and conversations can be monitored.
In recent years, British prisons have also seen a rise in drones being used to deliver drugs, mobile phones and weapons.
Prisons use a range of security measures to combat illicit phone use and are upgrading windows, netting and grilles to stop contraband being brought inside and hidden.
A Prison Service spokesman said: ‘It’s completely unacceptable for offenders to use social media from prison and those caught breaking the rules face tough punishments.
‘We take these matters seriously and will take appropriate action, which is why we’re reinvesting around £75million in physical security measures to clamp down on illicit items.’