A prison officer performed a sex act with an inmate inside the prison prayer room, a court has heard.
As Isabelle Dale, 23, romped with convicted robber Shahid Shariff at HMP Coldingley in Surrey, two other inmates acted as ‘lookouts’, a trial has heard.
Sharif, who was three years into a twelve-year sentence, was transferred after the alleged encounter to HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.
But he got to Dale to help him smuggle envelopes ‘laced with spice’ into his new prison, jurors heard.
Dale allegedly operated Sharif’s drug-dealing Snapchat account and was supposed to source the synthetic cannabis from an associate of Shariff’s based in Brighton.
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Police later found drug-smuggling paraphernalia in the boot of Dale’s car, along with an engagement ring Dale said was bought for her by Sharif.
While at HMP Coldingley, Dale is also accused of engaging in ‘at least’ one other sexual relationship with inmates at the Surrey prison.
Recovered text messages ‘clearly showed’ a sexual relationship with a serving prisoner called Connor Money, referred to in messages by her as ‘Con’, jurors heard.
Dale’s trial began at Southwark Crown Court this week and is expected to last at least two weeks.
Sharif is not on trial after already pleading guilty to conspiring with the two women and others unknown to convey drugs into prison.
Prosecutor Kieran Brand said: ‘The prosecution’s case is that she was in a sexual relationship with a male named Shahid Sharif, who was a serving prison inmate, initially at HMP Coldingley while Miss Dale worked there.
‘Their intimate relationship led to Miss Dale agreeing with him to smuggle contraband, including the illegal drug ‘spice’, into the prison. It is further alleged that Miss Dale had a sexual relationship with at least one other prisoner.’
He added that on July 19, 2022, Dale and Shariff were seen entering the prison’s multifaith room, where they remained for four minutes.
‘The multi-faith room is not covered by CCTV: the prosecution says it is clear they went in there for some form of sexual activity,’ Brand said.
An examination of Dale’s phone after arrest revealed a message sent from Shariff that read: ‘It was good sharing dat love today ur p***ies ammaazzzeeeingggggg’, the prosecutor said.
He said Sharif was then transferred to HMP Swaleside, where Dale visited him on three separate occasions between September and October 2022.
‘The CCTV for the social visit held on 27th September 2022 shows Miss Dale in civilian clothing embracing and kissing Mr Sharif,’ he said.
Brand said Dale sent Sharif flirty images via the ’email a prisoner system’ and transferred £100 across two payments while working as a prison officer.
When Dale was arrested, police found a packet of carbon paper used to hide contraband from prison x-ray machines in Dale’s car and a ‘framed canvas’ of the couple hanging over the prison officer’s bed at home.
Brand said: ‘The prison conducted a search of Mr Sharif’s cell, where a quantity of love letters, as well as a number of provocative photographs from Miss Dale, were recovered.
‘There is also evidence on Miss Dale’s phone showing that she communicated with two further prisoners via illegally held mobile phones.
Brand said that Sharif and Dale later discussed her ‘going to Brighton, where Miss Sallis lived, to collect spice-soaked envelopes which Miss Dale can provide to Mr Sharif for him to sell in prison.’
Dale, of Portsmouth, denies two counts of misconduct in a public office and conspiracy to convey a ‘List A’ prohibited article into prison.
Sallis, of East Sussex, denies conspiracy to convey a ‘List A’ prohibited article into prison.
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