‘I’ll be out by November’
Cruel Facebook boasts about Connor Brown’s killer sent from inside prison cell
Messages sent from a Facebook profile of a man in prison for killing Sunderland teenager Connor Brown boast he will be out by November.
Jurors found Ally Gordon guilty of manslaughter in December following a trial into the murder of beloved Sunderland teenager Connor Brown.
A month later, messages sent from a Facebook account, while the 20-yearold is serving time in prison, have been shared on social media.
The messages said Gordon, who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail, will be out on the streets of Sunderland in November and threatened to take the ‘head off ’ another person during an exchange.
Gordon’s sentence is to be reviewed by the Court of Appeal in due course as ‘potentially unduly lenient’.
A picture sent from the profile also shows what appears to be Gordon from inside the prison making a crude gesture.
The Facebook account has now been deleted and the prison service has confirmed ‘those responsible will be punished’ and could face up to two additional years behind bars.
Gordon was sentenced alongside co-accused Leighton Barrass, 20, who was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life serving a minimum of 20 years in prison.
The pair killed 18-year-old Connor Brown who was enjoying a night out in Sunderland city centre in the early hours of Sunday, February 24, 2019.
Barrass stabbed Connor five times while Gordon, of Polmuir Road, kicked Connor while the pair fought on the ground.
The beloved teenager was described as a “wonderful son” and tributes from across the North East flooded in for Connor following his death.
A Prison Service spokesman said: “We do not tolerate mobile phones in our prisons. The Facebook account has been deleted and those responsible will be punished.
“We are spending an extra £100m, as part of a broader £2.75bn programme, on cutting-edge technology to detect and block mobile phones, and crack down on illicit items in jails.”
Tough airport-style security, including X-ray scanners and metal detectors, will be put into prisons to clamp down on drugs, weapons and mobile phones.