37 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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41 h. ago Prison tutor sent 'sexual' letters to inmate but denies physical relationship

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

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43 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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44 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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44 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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44 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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44 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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8 d. ago Female prison tutor accused of forming 'intimate' relationship with lag

Kelly Duffey is alleged to have struck up an inappropriate relationship with the inmate before hiding the 'affair' from the public for four months as the prisoner was moved

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8 d. ago Female prison tutor, 36, appears in court accused of having 'intimate relationship' with inmate

Kelly Duffey, 36, is charged with striking up a romantic relationship with Ashley Goodridge, 37, who is currently serving a prison sentence.

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1 week ago Female prison officer denies relationships with inmates and smuggling cannabis in UK jail

Kayleigh Robson, 29, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court accused of misconduct, smuggling cannabis and tobacco, and money laundering at HMP Peterborough. She pleaded not guilty

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2 w. ago Dear Coleen: I met a woman who was separated but now she's getting back with her husband

"She led me to believe divorce was on the cards and we ended up having a short physical relationship."

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3 w. ago Striking a cord: the return of wired headphones is restoring friction to our convenience

From Zendaya to zoomers, listeners are forgoing the convenience of wireless headphones to plug in again. Is it just a retro affectation – or does this physical connection strengthen our relationship to music?AirPods changed my life. I was previously a user of excellent but somewhat cumbersome Audio Technica over-ears, but Apple’s wireless headphones – dinky in their construction, finicky in their setup, temperamental in their ability to actually work – liberated me from cords. My listening habits are, at best, frustrating for the people around me: when you write about music, you have to listen to the same things over and over, and sometimes those things are very bad. Suddenly I could listen to a terrible new pop record or an ominous drone piece while making breakfast or folding laundry late at night without fear of disturbing my housemates by listening from a speaker. I kept my Audio Technicas but built out my collection of AirPods; now I use the wireless in-ear ones while commuting...

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