Murderer convicted of smuggling phones to spread ‘extreme terrorist’ material in Milton Keynes jail

A convicted murderer has had four years added on to his life sentence after being caught smuggling a phone into MK’s Woodhill Prison in a bid to spread extreme terrorist material.

Muslim convert Denny De Silva, 31, was jailed for life in 2016 for a gangland shooting. Now, following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE), he has been sentenced as a result of an investigation into terrorism offences.

Yesterday (Wednesday), he was given 45 months’ more imprisonment and will be subject to one year on extended licence.

Between August 2020 and January 2021, he was found to have been smuggling mobile phones into HMP Woodhill. Messages recovered from his devices referred to a total of 24 mobile phones, 48 SIM cards and nine phone chargers. De Silva was found to have used one of the smuggled phones to access and spread Islamist extremist material from within the prison.

His sentence will be served consecutively to the one he is already serving.