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Gangland killer begging for cash for appeal using TikTok videos from his prison cell, sparking urgent probe
Despite a ban on mobiles, he has repeatedly broadcast live conversations in recent weeks at HMP Manchester
A GANGLAND killer is begging for cash for an appeal using TikTok videos from his cell.
Jail chiefs are probing after The Sun on Sunday uncovered the clips by mobster Eugert Merizaj.
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The Albanian, serving 32 years for the shotgun slaying of a rival drug dealer, seems to be using a banned mobile as he asks his 63,000 social media followers for cash.
Merizaj, 33, also apparently splashes out on designer gear including £250 trainers and a £99 pair of Hugo Boss shorts.
Despite a ban on mobiles, he has repeatedly broadcast live conversations in recent weeks at HMP Manchester.
Last week he spoke from his cell to Albanian Kozak Braci, who calls himself the “King of Instagram”.
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In the video, seen by The Sun on Sunday, Braci tells Merizaj: “You will have €2,000 from me, €2,000 from Fabio . . . as a support for you to get out of prison.”
Fabio is an Albanian murderer serving life in Greece.
Merizaj also brags he has spent £50,000 on lawyers.
He said: “No one will let me out. My money has gone.”
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In another clip, a supporter tells him he will send him €1,000 “because you are a good boy and in prison”.
Merizaj, who also chats to women online, was part of a gang who shot dead cannabis dealer Hemawand Ali Hussein in Hartlepool in 2019.
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He was jailed after being extradited from Belgium.
The Prison Service said: “Mobile phones are not tolerated.”
Sources said jail chiefs were investigating the videos.
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