VILLAIN INSIDE & OUT..

Kidnap & torture thug caught filming himself from his cell

- BY MICHAEL O'TOOLE Crime and Defence Editor

THIS thug has been disciplined after he posted a video online of himself in prison - while awaiting sentencing for the torture and false imprisonment of a woman.

The Sunday Mirror can reveal Sean Conroy described by a judge as a “main mover” in the shocking attack by a gang on defenceless Natalie Ennis - posted a bizarre clip from inside Dublin's Mountjoy Prison three weeks ago.

That was after he had pleaded guilty to the assault in central Dublin last Septemberfor which he was handed a 12-year sentence on Wednesday.

The Dubliner posted the video on social media around July 9 after filming it on a mobile phone.

That's despite it being a criminal offence for a prisoner to use a device behind bars.

In the video, Conroy, 21, of Sillogue Road, Ballymun, North Dublin, films himself making a bacon and sausage bap on a grill and tells his online audience “Work hard, stay humble”.

He pans the camera to a TV showing GAA and then to the door of his cell which he opens to show a prison landing.

Dopey Conroy even added a cell-block selfie to the video with the subtitle “Mountjoy Prison”.

BOSSES

The video also shows what appears to be a large amount of cannabis.

And at one stage, Conroy films himself smoking a hand-rolled cigarette while he and a cellmate watch a game in the FIFA Club World Cup competition, which was held in the United States.

But prison bosses soon became aware of the footage - and promptly raided his cell.

It's understood officers seized a number of items, including a phone and SIM card.

He was then hit with a so-called P19, a prison disciplinary notice that usually means a loss of privileges.

A spokesman for the Irish Prison Service would not discuss Conroy's case with the Irish Sunday Mirror.