13 h. 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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37 h. 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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37 h. 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 I've been beaten, scalded and threatened with electrocution... but I don't regret the night I spent with Liam Payne: Waiter who had 'intimate' encounter breaks silence to FRED KELLY

Sandra Paiz lets out a gasp and her eyes pool with tears. She puts a hand to her mouth in shock and with the other picks up a phone. Her son, Braian Paiz, is calling from an Argentine jail cell.

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8 d. ago British border officers sent to Balkans to stem the flow of migrants being smuggled to UK

Some 22,000 people were smuggled by gangs along routes through the Western Balkans last year

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2 w. ago Prison officer sobs as 'inappropriate tryst' with inmate she smuggled for is exposed

A senior Manchester prison officer has been sentenced to 15 months in jail after making dozens of secret sexual calls and messages to an inmate on a smuggled phone

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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 Brit 'drug mule' in Thailand trial from 'millionaire family' and went to '£70k school'

'Mild-mannered' George Wilson, 23, was nicked at Bangkok's airport with 9.1kg of alleged crystal meth - officials believe the incident is part of a 'drug smuggling network'

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect strikes fear into German town wearing broken ankle tag following release from jail

Women take cabs rather than risk walking alone on the darkening streets. Meanwhile, local social media networks are abuzz with rumoured 'sightings' of the threat in their midst.

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4 w. ago My horror years in female prison housing killers like Lucy Letby where ‘hungry’ guards violated lags & perved in showers

IT’S the ‘Monster Mansion’ home to some of Britain’s most notorious female killers - with baby killer Constance Marten the latest high profile inmate joining the likes of Lucy Letby and murderous mum Beinash Batool. Now a former inmate of HMP Bronzefield has lifted the lid on the hell she experienced behind bars at the...

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