Pictures have emerged on Facebook appearing to show a cold-blooded killer posturing inside his cell.
Peter John Matthews was 18 when he was sent down in 2004 for the Abergele murder of Andrew Ross, 19, and the wounding with intent of Raymond Brindley, 18, after attacking them with a knife and screwdriver.
Now pictures believed to be of him have emerged on social media - in an account understood to have been set up by him under the name ‘Peter Menace'.
The use of social media is banned inside prison, and after the Ministry of Justice learned of the potential breach, the account was quickly closed down.
Judge John Rogers QC sentenced Matthews to a minimum term of 17 years before eligibility for parole, with a concurrent six year term for the wounding.
Matthews had befriended a host of young women on his account, although it was unclear whether they are aware of his crimes.
The account has now been removed.
In the original court case Mold Crown Court heard Matthews was smoking cannabis and drinking on July 3, 2004, when he became involved in an argument with Mr Ross and Mr Brindley.
The court heard the two young men, so close they were like brothers, were walking home after a night out.
They were school pals when living in Wolverhampton, became best friends when both families moved to the Rhyl area and worked together at the Grampian Food factory, in Sandycroft.
Speaking after the case, Andrew’s devastated mum, Fiona, urged youngsters to stop carrying knives.
“If this had just been a fist fight, Andrew would probably still be here today,” she said.
Matthews’ sentence was later reduced to 15 years by the court of appeal, because he was described as a “model prisoner”.
In Matthews’ appeal hearing in 2013 Mr Justice Moses, sitting with Lord Justice Keene and Mr Justice Newman, said the original sentence was “significantly too high”.
However, if and when Matthews was released he said he would be a on life tariff and faced recall to prison if he put a foot out of line.
In a statement a Prison Service spokesperson described the Facebook post as "unacceptable" adding that the social media account in question has been closed down and the offender stripped of his privileges.
It added: "We already have measures in place to detect mobiles in our prisons, but we are looking at new ways of finding and blocking them, as well as equipping prison officers with the right tools to tackle this issue."
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