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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver

YouTube refuses to remove account of prisoner who films videos in his cell

YouTube logo next to camcorder
YouTube has suggested Walker’s prison videos remain available to view because he has not broken its rules. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

YouTube is refusing to delete the account of a serial offender who regularly posts videos from his prison cell and uses his channel to abuse judges, complain about his sentence and give details of drug-taking inside the UK jails.

Sam Walker, who is serving a sentence for possession of 3kg of cannabis and driving while disqualified, has been filming videos of himself inside various forms of custody since 2018.

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