Stephen killer had a second jail phone

PRISON chiefs are facing serious questions after one of Stephen Lawrence’s jailed killers was found in possession of a mobile phone for the second time in two months.

In yet another appalling security lapse, a small phone has been discovered in the cell of racist thug David Norris.

It was found weeks after a ‘furious’ Brandon Lewis, who was justice secretary at the time, vowed that the ex-gangster’s son would face ‘consequences’ after he was caught illegally using a smartphone in prison in September.

Officials found it in an intimate part of his body while investigating the Daily Mail’s bombshell revelations that Norris had sent WhatsApp messages and selfies from his cell to friends outside jail.

Now a second police probe is under way after a small phone was found in his cell at HMP Dartmoor following a raid. Last night the Prison Service confirmed the second mobile phone scandal to engulf Norris, jailed for life for murdering Stephen, 18, in Eltham, south London, in 1993.

In a statement, it warned: ‘We do not tolerate illicit phones in jail and prisoners found with them should expect to face longer behind bars. Police are investigating and it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.’

The pioneering former president of the Police Superintendents’ Association, Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate, said last night of the Norris phone controversy: ‘The governor of Dartmoor Prison must take responsibility for what has happened. Norris is sticking two fingers up at the justice system.’

As with the phone discovered in September, there are fears that a corrupt member of prison staff may have been paid to provide it.