Prison officer jailed over sex with inmate

A prison officer filmed having sex with an inmate was jailed for 15 months.

Linda De Sousa Abreu, 31, was on duty at HMP Wandsworth in London when she entered the prisoner's cell and had sex with him in June 2024.

The encounter was filmed by another inmate and lasted for almost five minutes.

She was identified by HMP Wandsworth staff after the footage went viral on social media.

The mother-of-one was planning to fly to Madrid and telephoned the prison as she fled to the airport to say that she was not returning to work.

De Sousa Abreu then pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office. She also requested the judge consider two other offences - one being sexual activity with the prisoner earlier that day, and the other being a separate sexual encounter with the prisoner within at least three to four days of the main offence.

Passing sentence at Isleworth Crown Court, Judge Martin Edmunds KC told her: "You engaged in sexual activity with a prisoner. That compromised your role as an officer, and was misconduct which undermines discipline within the prison, and puts fellow officers at increased risk."

The judge's sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/th...

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