Notorious Lyons crime clan killer caught with iPhone in high-security jail cell

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A notorious Scottish gangland killer has admitted being caught with a mobile phone behind bars - for the third time. Paul Lyons, 41, was caught with an iPhone in his cell at high security HMP Shotts, Lanarkshire.

Prison officers carried out a random search and discovered the device stashed inside a hidden compartment of a box. Lyons, who was jailed in 2010 for a road-rage killing, appeared via video link from HMP Kilmarnock at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

He admitted a charge of possessing a communication device while in the prison in October 2021. Prosecutors dropped a charge alleging he also had a SIM card.Speaking from the prison, Lyons said: "I lost my parole through this because I was up in May this year but my earliest release is now December 2024."Depute fiscal Tiffany Chisholm told the court: "A search was carried out of the accused's cell and he was compliant during the search."Prison officers asked if the accused's property within the cell was all his and he replied 'yes'.

He was then asked if there were any items in the cell which he should not have to which he replied 'no'."During the course of the cell search a box was discovered to have a secret compartment and within this compartment was an iPhone.