A Louisiana judge has doubled rapper Corey Miller’s bail and ordered him to remain behind bars until the April start of his murder trial - after ruling the star broke house arrest rules.
Corey Miller
Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, was thrown in jail after he was reportedly caught leaving his grandmother's home without permission on Monday morning.
He was under house arrest at the Kenner home, awaiting a trial hearing on 20 April when he will face a second-degree murder charge relating to the death of a 16-year-old during a 2002 brawl at a New Orleans-area nightclub.
He is now in prison on $1 million (£729,930) bail, after State District Judge Hans Liljeberg queried his motives behind the brief outings during a court hearing on Wednesday.
Explaining his decision, Liljeberg told Miller he had never come across such behaviour by other suspects on house arrest, adding, "I don't think it's terribly unjust for the defendant to await trial across the street (in jail)."
Miller's lawyer, Ron Rakosky, has refused to indicate whether Miller will post bail and argued the incident was a misunderstanding - claiming his client was at home sleeping when the alarm on his electronic monitor was triggered.