A murderer sentenced to life in prison has been flaunting his prison lifestyle on Instagram just days after being jailed.
Kai Nazir stabbed Chris West 12 times in the back and chest at a Halloween party at a pub in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire Live reports .
Nazir first attacked Chris' friend Daniel Berryman after losing a pool game.
He was sentenced to life for the murder of Chris along with 15 years for attempted murder and two years for possession of a bladed article.
He appealed the conviction and had his sentence reduced to 23 years as a minimum.
Weeks after Nazir's trial Cambridgeshire Live received a call revealing that Nazir had a phone inside prison which he was using to post pictures and videos laughing and smiling on Instagram.
The private profile under the name of 'Kainnaz' was discovered, meaning it could only be accessed by those allowed by Nazir.
The account had 150 followers and had shared 10 posts.
But aside from the private profile, Nazir had made no more effort to keep the account secret.
The whistle blower was easily able to reveal pictures and video taken from the account.
One video showed Nazir laughing and smiling joined by two others wearing the same sweatshirts and it's believed the video was taken from inside a cell at HMP Peterborough.
Beside the video, the caption read "jail house living".
Another video taken in the same room showed Nazir making a gun shape with his hand beside which he had written "F*** the feds".
After Cambridgeshire Live's article was published, a police investigation was launched and the account was quickly deleted.
An HMP Peterborough spokesperson said: “Mobile phones are a challenge across the whole prison estate.
"Our staff at HMP Peterborough work very hard to prevent these items getting into the prison.
“We have taken appropriate action in the prison and reported this incident to the police.”
On Thursday, the convicted killer returned to Cambridge Crown Court where he admitted to possessing a phone in prison.
Crown prosecutor John Farmer QC told the court: "On 10th September 2018 he (Nazir) was convicted of murder, attempted murder and possession of a knife. He was sentenced to 26 years.
“The prosecution case is that within a very few days, less than a week, the defendant became in possession of a mobile phone – which was never recovered – and he used it to live stream himself in prison.
“The actual content itself is very inconsequential. His manner is one of being quite relaxed and laughing. It gave offence to the family to see the defendant in prison, making light of things.
“The decision was made to do nothing because they couldn’t find the phone. A complaint was made to police however, who investigated and ascertained the film itself which demonstrated he was in possession. Failure to recover was neither here nor there.
"The offence is possession of the phone, rather than the content.”
Nazir's defence lawyer Ria Banerjee QC said that her client accepts he was in possession of a phone while in prison.
She told the court: "Of course he accepts he was in possession. He recorded the video but he didn’t live stream it. It was posted to his account by someone else.
"With regards to remorse, his intention was to never antagonise the family. He simply wanted to reassure his family he was ok, it was never intended to antagonise the family although he accepts that it had that affect.
"He has been keeping himself to himself in prison and doing courses. He has been concentrating on improving."
Presiding Judge David Farrell, who sentenced Nazir to life, said in his judgement: “Kai Nazir you pleaded guilty of having in possession a mobile phone while in prison. This was a matter of days after I sentenced you in respect of the murder and attempted murder committed in Cambourne.
“The mobile phone was used and the footage was uploaded you say by others. In my judgement the vision of what was shown plainly showed a complete disregard for the prison rules by you. And once again brought home the complete lack of remorse you showed for the killing of Mr West.
"You have as you know a minimum term of 23 years to serve in respect of that murder. That is as I told you at the time that the minimum period by which you may even be considered for release by the parole board. When they do consider it you’ll be in your early 40s.
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