Inmate’s Message to Russell Brand Raises Prison Safety Questions

The Daily Mail reported that Agera, 35, posted an image of a prison window with the message, then shared a video featuring violent lyrics from his music. In the recording, he rapped about having blood on his hands and taking another man’s life.

Agera, who performs as Mover, was convicted of murdering Zydrunas Laurinavicius, a 38-year-old Lithuanian builder, during a 2014 robbery in north London. Reports said Laurinavicius was attacked outside St Mary’s High School in Hendon while walking home from work with his elderly father. Agera and accomplice Stephen Lansana targeted him for an imitation designer watch and work bag. Agera was sentenced in 2015 to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 30 years.

Despite being in prison, Agera has reportedly released four albums and ten singles, attracting millions of streams. His releases include the 2017 album “Exit Wounds.” The reported social media posts have also renewed questions about unauthorized mobile phones in British prisons, where personal phones are prohibited without permission.

Brand was sentenced to ten years and six months after a jury found him guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women. The Metropolitan Police said the offenses took place between 2004 and 2009. Brand was also ordered to remain on the sex offenders’ register for life and has reportedly been placed in a vulnerable prisoners’ unit at Wandsworth. A Prison Service spokesperson said inmates caught misusing phones could face tough punishments.