Rap video: Demehl Thomas (left) and Moysha Sheperd boast of stabbing their rivals in the clip

Two violent prisoners who boasted about stabbing in a rap video recorded on an illegally-held mobile phone have had their sentences extended by nine months.

Moysha Shepherd and Demehl Thomas, who appeared in court via a videolink to HMP Birmingham, sniggered as a judge said he did not want to waste time watching their three-minute rap duet.

The defendants, both aged 25 and from Birmingham, pleaded guilty after becoming the first ever inmates to be charged with making an unauthorised sound recording in prison.

Father-of-six Shepherd, formerly of Hampstead Road, Handsworth, was charged with breaching the 1952 Prison Act in September while serving a five-year sentence for dangerous driving and involvement in a prison van break-out plot.

Thomas, previously of Vernolds Croft, Highgate, was serving a seven-year term for aggravated burglary.

After the men admitted making the illegal recording between August 1 and 16 this year, prosecutor Peter Grice told Birmingham Crown Court the video was the subject of a national newspaper report on August 17.

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Jailed: Thomas (left) and Shepherd (right) have had their sentences extended by nine months after they starred in a three-minute rap video recorded behind bars on an illegally-held mobile phone

Judge Patrick Thomas QC was then asked by Mr Grice if he would like to watch the video before passing sentence.

Opting not to view the short film, Judge Thomas replied: 'It's unlikely to appeal to me and unless it informs me (in passing sentence) I am not going to take up valuable court time.'

The court heard that a third unknown inmate had recorded the musical video, which contained nothing which could be considered grossly offensive.

Disturbing: The video is believed to have been filmed at Birmingham Prison, where Thomas and Sheperd, both 25, are serving time for aggravated burglary and helping spring a drug dealer out of prison

Geraldine Toal, mitigating for Shepherd, said of the footage: 'I have seen it twice. It's simply a rap video.

'It is clear that there is someone else there taking this video.'

The other defendant's counsel, Thomas Schofield, told the court: 'This is two men singing and rapping to another prisoner inside about their hopes for release and the future.'

Judge Thomas told the amateur rappers that illegal possession of mobile phones could be 'highly disruptive' and have serious consequences for prison security.

The judge added: 'No great crime seems to have been committed by you in respect of that mobile phone above and beyond the possession of it.

'I hope we don't have any more of this kind of offending - mobile phones are banned in prison for a reason.'

Behind bars: Prison officials are said to have raided their cells at HMP Birmingham (above) after being tipped off about the footage, but found no mobile phones or SIM cards



