A gangster jailed for having a submachine gun has complained about "severe overcrowding", "bullying" and "violence" in prison.

Mitcham man Spencer Inglis, 24, was arrested in April last year after police recovered a Scorpion submachine gun with ammunition in a midnight raid on his Commonside East home.

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A jury at the Old Bailey heard how after his arrest Inglis told a police officer: "I'll find you on your day off and shoot you".

Inglis was sent to HMP Belmarsh in February for seven-and-a-half years, after being found guilty of possession of a prohibited weapon.

In Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners, Inglis wrote: "I could not believe it when I arrived at HMP Belmarsh and was expected to share a cell with two other prisoners! Is this some sort of joke?

"In this cell are three men, two cupboards, two tables and one chair! Who gets to sit on the chair? Who gets space in the cupboard?

"Who gets to write or eat at the one available table (as the other one contains our tiny TV and two cup kettle).

"Despite having broken the law we should not be treated like this by the government and prison system.

"And I won’t mention the bullying and violence that I have witnessed due to this severe overcrowding. Something needs to be done - NOW!"

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Inglis had bought the gun from Alexander Mullings, 23, who was found guilty of conspiracy to transfer firearms and ammunition with intent to endanger life over a four-week trial at the Old Bailey.

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Commonside East in Mitcham 

Mullings, already serving time in Wandsworth Prison for a string of robberies, had been importing guns and ammo from Germany to London via Parcelforce using a stashed mobile phone in his cell.

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He was sentenced to life in prison.

Mullings' girlfriend Emily Ciantar, 20, was found guilty on the same charge and jailed for 12 years and four months.

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