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Selfie-ish killer

Murderer Melvin shown eating at Nando’s on jaunt out of prison

- ALAN McEWEN alan.mcewen@trinitymir­ror.com

A KILLER jailed for life for kicking a stranger to death was snapped enjoying a trip to Nando’s while on home leave from prison.

Wayne Melvin was ordered to serve at least 15 years for the brutal murder of mild-mannered Robert Smith.

But more than four years before his earliest release date, he is already being treated to jaunts out of jail.

The 28-year-old was pictured sitting alongside his sister Chyrelle in a Nando’s restaurant in Dundee.

Melvin was just 17 when he killed call centre worker Robert, 51, in a savage unprovoked assault in May 2006.

In 2007, he was ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years in prison.

But one post on a Facebook page apparently belonging to Melvin shows him posing for a photo on Dundee’s Waterfront in July this year.

He describes himself as single and a former pupil at Brearview Academy – but makes no mention of prison.

The photo in Nando’s appeared on his sister’s Facebook page in October. They had earlier been to Starbucks for coffee.

Scottish Tory justice spokesman Liam Kerr said yesterday: “The act of killing another human being causes shockwaves through families and entire communitie­s which take years to subside.

“It must be horrific as a victim to learn individual­s are on the streets again but to see them online will come as a worse shock.

“Joking and taking selfies does not show much considerat­ion for the feelings of a community.”

A spokesman for the Scottish Prison Service said social media restrictio­ns can be part of an inmate’s licence from home release and the Facebook page will be investigat­ed.

 ??  ?? VICTIM Call centre worker Robert Smith
VICTIM Call centre worker Robert Smith
 ??  ?? OUT Social media posts show murderer Wayne Melvin enjoying home leave from jail
OUT Social media posts show murderer Wayne Melvin enjoying home leave from jail

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