QUIRKY WORLD ... Stars in prisoners’ eyes: Rapping duo get 9 months

ENGLAND: A judge has handed nine-month jail sentences to two prisoners who starred in a three-minute rap video recorded behind bars on an illegally held mobile phone.

Moysha Shepherd and Demehl Thomas, who appeared in court via a videolink to HMP Birmingham, sniggered as a judge said he did not want to waste time watching their rap duet.

The defendants, both aged 25 and from Birmingham, pleaded guilty after becoming the first ever inmates to be charged with making an unauthorised sound recording in prison.