A prison officer and an inmate accused of having an affair and smuggling contraband have appeared in court.
Alicia Novas, 19, is accused of misconduct in public office after allegedly entered ‘into a sexual relationship’ with Declan Winkless, 30, at HMP Five Wells, East Midlands, over several months last year.
She is also accused of failing to report his possession of a phone and cannabis, and giving him her phone number.
According to a second charge, she allegedly provided information about whether prison authorities suspected Winkless of wrongdoing.
Winkless is accused of encouraging and assisting in both offences.
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The pair also face a charge of making an illegal electronic transmission from a prison, one of bringing, throwing or conveying cannabis into a prison and one of conveying two mobile phones into the jail.
Winkless, from South Wigston, Leicestershire, and now incarcerated at HMP Swaleside in Kent, faces a seventh charge of possessing a mobile phone with a sim card without permission.
Novas appeared in court in person while Winkless appeared via video-link.
Neither was asked to enter a plea at this time.
Novas, of Raunds, Northamptonshire, was granted conditional bail.
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