42 h. ago Prison tutor jailed after being found 'flustered' reading lag's love letters

Melissa Murphy, 48, was found to have exchanged racy content with an inmate at HMP Chelmsford, where she worked as a teacher training inmates for employment after their release

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49 h. ago Prison tutor jailed after sending explicit love letters to inmate

The court heard handwritten letters from Murphy containing “explicit romantic and sexual content” were found in the prisoner’s cell

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49 h. ago Prison tutor jailed for 'sexual' letters to inmate as judge blasts 'abuse of trust'

The prison tutor locked herself in a workshop with the inmate and was found 'flustered'

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50 h. ago Prison tutor found 'flustered' alone with inmate before sexual letters is jailed

HMP Chelmsford prison tutor Melissa Murphy has been sentenced over an inappropriate relationship with an inmate after a photo and letters between the pair were found

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50 h. ago Prison tutor whose fling with lag exposed after photo found in bedroom learns fate

Melissa Murphy, 48, admitted having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at HMP Chelmsford after love letters were discovered between the pair and a photo was found in her bedroom

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50 h. ago Prison tutor's romance with lag exposed after photo and love letters found in her bedroom

Melissa Murphy, 48, admitted having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at HMP Chelmsford after love letters were discovered between the pair and a photo was found in her bedroom

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3 w. ago Epstein letter to Larry Nassar mentions 'our president' and his 'love for young girls'

A letter released in the latest Epstein files appears to show the paedo writing to convicted US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, referencing 'our president' who 'shares our love of young girls'

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on sending letters: the writing’s on the wall

The Danish postal service has announced it will cease deliveries from 30 December after 400 years. Eventually, other countries may go down a similar routePredictions of the demise of letter writing are not new. The invention of the telegraph and the rise of the postcard were both seen as potential threats to a more leisurely, reflective form of communication. Yet by the close of the 20th century, more letters were being sent than ever, as social correspondence began to be supplemented by a boom in business mail.From Europe’s most tech-savvy society, however, comes ominous news. As of next week, Denmark’s state-run postal service will end all letter deliveries after doing the rounds for 400 years. Around 1,500 jobs are being cut, and the country’s beloved red letterboxes are being sold off. It will still be possible for Danes to send a card or a love letter to someone far away next Christmas, but only via the shops of a smaller private company or a costly home collection.Do you have ...

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