He was freed with a tag after ten weeks, and after release told The Sun: "Everyone wanted to sing Agadoo with me.

"It was so surreal singing the party song about pushing pineapples and shaking the tree in such grim circumstances.

"But people were obsessed. At night, the entire wing was singing in chorus 'Agadoo doo doo'."

The 59-year-old added: "When terrifying criminals tell you to do something you do it, we had a conga snaking around the jail. All the murderers and drug dealers wanted to be my mate."