2 h. ago Prison officer 'unfairly suspended' over asylum seeker release says union chief

Mark Fairhurst, the national chairman of the prison officers' union, said a male worker had been suspended after the accidental release of Hadush Kebatu at HMP Chelmsford on Friday

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4 h. ago Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him | Polly Toynbee

Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop ReformWhat hell is the life of politics. Look around that cabinet table: each person is confronted with near impossible-portfolios without the means to do what they know is needed. After another nightmare week, many in the dark watches must ask themselves why the hell they gave their lives to this brutally thankless task.Their inheritance was even more ruinous than feared: they were bequeathed landmines, dishonest traps and gaping holes. Brexit is emerging as even more economically crippling than expected, now losing the exchequer £80bn a year. They are blighted by bad luck: the Trump destroyer landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a prison officer setting free a refused asylum-seeker sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel unstoppable. An unfortunate deputy leadership election right now was bound to give Keir Starmer a bruising. The 11% vote share at the C...

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13 h. ago Prison officer 'engaged in sex act with lag while inmates acted as lookouts'

Isabelle Dale, 23, is accused of engaging in relationships with two serving prisoners while working as a prison officer and conspiring to smuggle drugs into prison

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15 h. ago Female prison officer, 23, 'had sex with convicted robber in prison prayer room', court hears

Isabelle Dale, 23, allegedly slept with Shahid Sharif in the prayer room at HMP Coldingley in Surrey while two inmates acted as lookouts.

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17 h. ago 'Human error' by a prison officer led to Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu being wrongly freed, says Lammy

The Ethiopian asylum seeker was recaptured on Sunday after being mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

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24 h. ago Teacher 'sex trafficked pupil for boyfriend and paid her £75 to keep quiet'

High school teacher Elizabeth Jamie Love, 36, faces life in prison over claims she trafficked a female student for sex for her boyfriend Jarid 'Jack' Krause, who has also been charged

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4 d. ago Female prison officer charged accused of having illicit relationship with male inmate is set to appear in court

Sarah Barnett, 31, who has since left the Prison Service to start working as a beauty therapist is expected to deny the charges when she faces a plea hearing next month.

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5 d. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to making illicit phone calls to 'violent inmate who severed man's leg with a machete'

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, who has since left the service, was charged with one count of making illegal mobile communication with a prisoner who she met while on duty.

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5 d. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to illicit calls with inmate who severed man’s leg

Pinchbeck is was in communication with Joseph Hardy, 31, who was jailed for 14 years in 2017 after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

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6 d. ago Senior King aide was head of royal protection when Prince Andrew asked officer to 'dig up dirt' on sex accuser Virginia Giuffre

Lord Peter Rosslyn was head of the elite Royalty and Diplomatic Protection squad for 11 years between 2003 and 2014.

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1 week ago More than 730 police officers sacked for misconduct like sex offences and dishonesty

The most common reasons given for dismissal were dishonesty, discriminatory behaviour, unlawful access or disclosure of information, inappropriate communications and sexual offences or misconduct

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2 w. ago Serving Met Police officer charged with sharing graphic messages about child sex abuse on Telegram

PC Duncan Bouette, 38, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

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3 w. ago Female prison officer, 34, who smuggled phones into jail for her inmate lover is locked up

Amie Turner's secret came to light in April 2016 when intelligence reports first raised concerns about her behaviour, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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3 w. ago Met Police officer's vile sex comments and grim response to woman's rape claim

Sergeant Joe McIlvenny was among Met Police officers at Charing Cross police station in London who were secretly filmed making shocking racist and sexist comments in a BBC Panorama investigation

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