Murder victim's family shock as killer pictured enjoying lunch in Nando's on home leave from jail
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A killer who was jailed for life over a decade ago appears to have been pictured enjoying lunch on Nando's while on home leave from prison.
Wayne Melvin, who kicked a stranger to death, was pictured at the chicken restaurant in a Facebook post dated October of this year.
Melvin was ordered to serve at least 15 years for the brutal murder of mild-mannered Robert Smith, reports the Daily Record .
But more than four years before his earliest release date, he is already being treated to jaunts out of jail.
The 28-year-old was pictured sitting alongside his sister Chyrelle in a Nando’s restaurant in Dundee.
Melvin was just 17 when he killed call centre worker Robert, 51, in a savage unprovoked assault in May 2006.
In 2007, he was ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years in prison.
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But one post on a Facebook page apparently belonging to Melvin shows him posing for a photo on Dundee’s Waterfront in July this year.
He describes himself as single and a former pupil at Brearview Academy – but makes no mention of prison.
The photo in Nando’s appeared on his sister’s Facebook page in October. They had earlier been to Starbucks for coffee.
Scottish Tory justice spokesman Liam Kerr said yesterday: “The act of killing another human being causes shockwaves through families and entire communities which take years to subside.
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“It must be horrific as a victim to learn individuals are on the streets again but to see them online will come as a worse shock.
“Joking and taking selfies does not show much consideration for the feelings of a community.”
A spokesman for the Scottish Prison Service said social media restrictions can be part of an inmate’s licence from home release and the Facebook page will be investigated.