A BELMARSH prison inmate who used a smuggled mobile phone to order the killing of a man in Brockley has been given a life sentence.

Delphon Nicholas, aged 29, of Sheene Wood, Sydenham, was in prison at the time Andrew Wanogho was shot.

But Nicholas was convicted of the 26-year-old’s murder after a seven-week trial at the Old Bailey which ended yesterday (October 16).

Also found guilty of murder was gunman Trevor Dennie, aged 34, of Albyn Road, Deptford.

Both men were given life sentences and told they must spend a minimum of 30 years in prison.

The judge also ordered that 270 days of the period Nicholas has already spent in jail awaiting trial will not count towards his sentence as a punishment for attacking a woman in court on Tuesday.

The 386 days Dennie has already served will count towards his sentence.

Mr Wanogho died after he was shot in Pendrell Road, Brockley, at about 1.30am on April 8, 2006.

The court heard that investigating officers identified Nicholas and Dennie as suspects and established they had been long-time associates of Mr Wanogho’s, but had fallen out with him.

The reasons for the rift were not known, but as the feud between the victim and the two other men escalated, a decision was taken to kill him.

Dennie and Nicholas made hundreds of calls to each other and exchanged texts as they plotted the shooting, the court heard.

By analysing the mobile phones, detectives established that Dennie was operating under direction from Nicholas, who was in Belmarsh prison at the time, using a smuggled mobile phone.

The court heard that Dennie waited for Mr Wanogho on the night of his murder before firing four rounds from a 0.32 calibre automatic pistol.

One shot struck the victim in the back, killing him.

The gun was recovered in Peckham in November 2006.