{"id":59163,"date":"2023-08-27T19:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T17:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=59163"},"modified":"2023-08-27T19:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T17:24:38","slug":"albanian-murderer-enters-live-on-tik-tok-from-prison-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanian-murderer-enters-live-on-tik-tok-from-prison-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Albanian murderer enters live on Tik Tok from prison in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">An Albanian murderer is broadcasting live videos from his UK prison cell on TikTok, in which he flirts with women and plays online games with criminals in other prisons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Eugert Merizaj, sentenced to 32 years in prison for his role in the brutal shooting death of a drug rival, is receiving virtual &#8216;gifts&#8217; donated to him via TikTok by admirers, which he can exchange for cash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Despite the ban on cellphones in prison, Merizaj, 32, has been broadcasting five-minute live chats continuously every day for the past few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a startling breach of security, he boasted that his phone was dropped into his Manchester prison by drone and that he hides it inside a toilet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Merizaj, whose victim suffered head injuries, boasted last Monday that if his phone was discovered by prison officers he would simply &#8216;buy another one&#8217;. He claimed it is the third phone he has used in prison, each costing him \u00a32,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Merizaj, who has been using TikTok undetected from his cell for about a month, has also played matches against a TikTok account, which according to sources was used by another Albanian murderer serving a life sentence in Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">TikTok said it had taken action against the account and that it relies on prison staff and police to identify and report accounts used in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Prison Service said: \u201cPhones are not tolerated in prisons and those who break the rules face tough penalties &#8211; including extra time behind bars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;We are working with TikTok to remove these videos and our \u00a3100m investment in airport-style security has helped stop over 28,000 attempts to smuggle drugs, phones and weapons into prisons since last October.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Albanian murderer is broadcasting live videos from his UK prison cell on TikTok, in which he flirts with women and plays online games with criminals in other prisons. 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