Criminals on Facebook part two

Over Christmas and the new year we had the story of Craig Lynch, the convict on the run who taunted police via two Facebook profiles.

And now Facebook has been embroiled in another UK prisoner controversy, except this time the inmate actually ran his page from inside the jail.

Convicted arsonist Brendan Rawsthorn is believed to have used a mobile smuggled into the prison (near Hull) to update a Facebook profile.

He boasted about playing games consoles, drinking home brewed beer, and how generally cushy prison life is.

The profile has since been removed by Facebook, and prison officials are launching an investigation.