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Tom Pettifor

Stephen Lawrence murderer moves to tougher prison after being caught with mobile TWICE

Stephen Lawrence killer David Norris has been moved to a tougher prison after being caught with a mobile phone.

Norris, 46, was transferred from Category C Dartmoor to Category B Exeter after he sent selfies and WhatsApp messages from his cell.

He was jailed for life with a minimum 14 years and three months for the 1993 murder of Stephen, 18, in Eltham, South East London. Stephen was stabbed to death by a gang of thugs shouting “what, n*****?” as he waited for a bus with pal Duwayne Brooks.

It is now unlikely Norris will be released when his minimum sentence expires in two years.

Stephen Lawrence was killed in a racist attack in 1993 (Getty Images Europe)

Norris was first caught with a phone in September. In one message, he blasted justice secretary Dominic Raab, who blocked his bid to move to an open prison.

He was found with a second phone last month following searches by prison staff.

Norris and Gary Dobson, 47, were jailed for life in 2012.

The prison the killer was moved to (Express & Echo)

At the time of the murder, Norris was 16 and living with his dad in Chislehurst, Kent.

A spokesman for the MoJ said: “We do not tolerate illicit phones in jail and prisoners found with them should expect to face longer behind bars.”

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