A gang leader has been jailed after police used a "rap translator" to prove he had threatened to shoot his rivals in a new song.

Essex Police drafted in an expert to prove Roland Douherty, 19, known as Valenti, breached an injunction banning him from recording violent tracks.

Douherty denied that the song "Bro Code" made reference to drug dealing or guns - but officers proved he rapped about weapons.

Chelmsford County Court heard the leader of the C17 gang mentioned "pulling the trigger twice on a gun", dealing drugs and carrying weapons in the lyrics.

The song breached an existing court order banning him from "featuring in any audio or video online that is threatening, abusive, insulting, incites, violence, promotes criminal activity, shows weapons or makes reference to gang affiliations and the C17".