A rapper serving a life sentence for a fatal knife attack has issued a threatening message aimed at Russell Brand, who was jailed earlier this week.
Drill artist Terngu Agera, known as Mover, stabbed builder Zydrunas Laurinavicius in the chest during a 2014 London robbery over a counterfeit Rolex watch.
Agera, now 35, was 23 when the killing took place. He was sentenced the following year to life in prison, with a minimum term of 30 years.
The convicted killer, who has released tracks featuring violent lyrics including ‘Trapped In The Wing’, posted a message about Brand on social media last night, despite prisoners being prohibited from using mobile phones inside jail.
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, received a 10-year-and-six-month prison sentence following his conviction for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009.
Brand, sentenced at Southwark Crown Court, was described as a ‘sexual predator’ by Mr Justice Bennathan. He will also remain on the sex offenders’ register for life.
Brand is currently being held at HMP Wandsworth, where his convictions are expected to make him a target of hostility from some prisoners.
Reports last week claimed that inmates taunted Brand while he was being held on remand after his conviction, chanting: ‘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, was convicted of stabbing Zydrunas Laurinavicius to death in London in 2014
Mover shared an image of a prison window with 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, shortly before his conviction
Mover later posted from another prison on his Snapchat account, following the threatening message with a lyric video promoting his latest project.
In the clip, 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 had been walking home from work with his 67-year-old father, who was forced to witness the assault.
Agera and his accomplice, Stephen Lansana, 35, targeted the Lithuanian man for his imitation designer watch and work bag.
Both men were later found guilty of murder and robbery at the Old Bailey.
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Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Jamie Stevenson called it ‘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 that led to the suspects’ arrests.
Agera, from Canning Town in east London, has continued to release music while behind bars, accumulating millions of streams. His Spotify catalogue includes four albums, among them Exit Wounds, released in 2017, as well as 10 singles issued since his imprisonment.
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, it emerged that Agera had allegedly used a mobile phone from prison to urge young people not to follow his path into custody.
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’s sentencing
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 barred from keeping personal cell phones, and anyone found with an illicit device can face further imprisonment and a fine.
Authorised prison telephones are available, but inmates may call only pre-approved numbers and those conversations can be monitored.
British prisons have also seen a recent rise in drones being used to deliver drugs, phones and weapons over their walls.
The Prison Service uses a range of measures to combat illegal phone use and is upgrading windows, netting and grilles to stop contraband being brought into and hidden inside jails.
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.’
