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| Murder mastermind gets 30 years | Murder mastermind gets 30 years |
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| A remand prisoner has been sentenced to 30 years for ordering a murder from his cell using a mobile telephone smuggled into prison. | A remand prisoner has been sentenced to 30 years for ordering a murder from his cell using a mobile telephone smuggled into prison. |
| Delphon Nicholas, 29, from Lewisham, south-east London, was convicted on Thursday of murdering Andrew Wanoghu, in Brockley, on 8 April 2006. | |
| Nicholas made dozens of calls from London's Belmarsh prison to gunman Trevor Dennie, the Old Bailey heard. | Nicholas made dozens of calls from London's Belmarsh prison to gunman Trevor Dennie, the Old Bailey heard. |
| Dennie, 33, was also found guilty of murder and jailed for 30 years. | Dennie, 33, was also found guilty of murder and jailed for 30 years. |
| You exude an aura of violence Judge Richard Hone | |
| Sentencing both men Judge Richard Hone said: "We have had an insight into what goes on in Belmarsh prison. | Sentencing both men Judge Richard Hone said: "We have had an insight into what goes on in Belmarsh prison. |
| "It was a real eye-opener for us all. | |
| "You are two cold-blooded killers. | |
| "You exude an aura of violence. You are both extremely dangerous." | |
| Three other people charged with the murder were acquitted by the court on Thursday. | Three other people charged with the murder were acquitted by the court on Thursday. |
| They were Sereata Barrie, 29, Michael Williams, 28, both from Lewisham, and Erran Cato, 25, from Stamford Hill, north London. | They were Sereata Barrie, 29, Michael Williams, 28, both from Lewisham, and Erran Cato, 25, from Stamford Hill, north London. |
| 'Wall of silence' | |
| Judge Hone told the jury that the gun used in Mr Wanoghu's murder had been used in four other shootings within the black community. | |
| "It is a travelling gun, handed from hand to hand in the community which in circumstances like this, responds with a wall of silence." | |
| He also ordered Nicholas to serve nine months for attacking co-defendant Sereata Barrie in the docks while the jury was considering their verdicts. | |
| The judge described the incident as an "astonishing outburst". | |
| The term will be deducted from Nicholas's sentence for time served on remand. | |
| During the trial the court heard Mr Wanoghu, 26, was shot in the street after being lured to an address in south London in a trap organised by Nicholas. |