Jailed crime lord made threats on Facebook

A convicted criminal used Facebook to threaten his enemies while in a maximum security prison for conspiracy to murder, it has emerged.

Colin Gunn, an underworld boss who helped plot the killing of a couple, had his social networking site account shut down at the weekend, a source said.

The Sunday Times reported the 42-year-old said in one posting: “I will be home one day and I can’t wait to look into certain people’s eyes and see the fear of me being there.”

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Gunn, from Nottingham, was jailed over the revenge killings of John and Joan Stirland in 2004.

According to the Ministry of Justice, prisoners are prohibited from accessing social networking sites.

But the latest internet breach comes after Jade Braithwaite, jailed for knifing to death Ben Kinsella, 16, used Facebook to taunt his victim’s family.

Earlier this month, relatives of victims of violent crime called for the introduction of electronic anti-social behaviour orders, or “E-Asbos” to stop convicted killers bragging online.

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A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: “We are extremely concerned that prisoners are able to update Facebook and other social networking sites either through illicit technology or via outside contacts.

“The Public Order Act 1986 created offences dealing with causing harassment, alarm or distress. We will not hesitate to refer to the police any published material that appears to breach this.”