There is anger after one of the convicted killers of Jack Woodley has been caught on TikTok uploading a “gangster rap” video contrary to custody rules, distressing the victim’s family.
Calum Maddison, now 17, was one of the 10 youths convicted of murdering 18 year old Jack Woodley in Houghton at the feast in 2021, who was stabbed to death.
All ten of them received life sentences for the ordeal. Although a press injunction was placed on naming them at the time, following an unsuccessful appeal last year this injunction was lifted and the killers were named.
Maddison is currently serving his sentence in a young offenders institution. However, his mother reportedly discovered it online with the Northern Echo breaking the story, working to verify it and reporting the matter.
The video reportedly sees him brag and boast about his own toughness, showing an extreme lack of remorse for his role in Jack’s death.
The clip has deeply upset his mother, Zoe, who only days ago released a photo showing her son’s last moments as he unsuccessfully fought for his life in hospital after the stabbing.
She commented: “He is rapping about being big and hard and how he is a gangster.
“He stabbed a boy to death. This is serious. He thinks what he has done is so cool.
“It is beyond words. I find it absolutely sickening.
“I want to know how on earth this could be allowed to happen?”
“I recognise him because I sat in court for ten weeks with him. I am 100 per cent sure it is him.
“There are people commenting on it with names like ‘Chop It’ and ‘Zombio’.
“These kids think it is cool and they wonder why they get involved in knife crime.”
“How on earth can a murderer be in jail getting followers on TikTok.
“He was one of ten lads who brutally murdered my son and he is saying ‘free the boys’.
“Free the boys? You are a murdering scumbag.
“He is in jail. He should not have luxuries.
“He should be put before a court. He is making a mockery of the system.
“He should have more time put on his sentence.”