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Scottish Sun
2 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Female prison officer who fell for gangster and smuggled £35k of drugs into jail for him is locked up for three years
The shamed guard also exchanged flirty and drug-related texts with the con JAIL FLING Female prison officer who fell for gangster and smuggled £35k of drugs into jail for him is locked up for three years Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A LOVESTRUCK prison officer who fell for a convicted gangster and smuggled more than £35,000 worth of drugs into jail for him has been locked up herself. Olivia Johnson, 27, attempted to sneak in 88 sheets of paper soaked with the synthetic drug Spice for dangerous inmate Javelle Taylor while working at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 A prison officer who had an affair with a convicted gangster, smuggling £35k worth of drugs into jail for him, has now been put behind bars Credit: Midlands Media Agency 5 Olivia Johnson fell for dangerous inmate Javelle Taylor who was serving 12 years for firearms offences Credit: Midlands Media Agency 5 Johnson was jailed for three-and-a-half years after admitting misconduct in a public office Credit: Midlands Media Agency Johnson was jailed for three-and-a-half years after admitting misconduct in a public office, acquiring criminal property and conspiring to take contraband into prison. Ipswich Crown Court heard how the shamed guard had 'compromised herself' with Taylor — a south London crook serving 12 years for firearms offences since 2019. The pair exchanged flirty and drug-related texts, with Johnson allegedly telling him: 'I can't figure out how I will get it through but I will figure it out.' She allegedly went on to promise: 'I'll message you as soon as I'm done at work so you know it's where it needs to be.' Upon her arrest in September 2022, officers found dozens of Spice-stained sheets in her bag worth a staggering £35,200 behind bars. Detectives also uncovered almost £15,000 in suspicious payments from Taylor's contacts into her bank account over nine months. A search of her red Toyota Aygo later revealed a black iPhone 13 filled with intimate messages where Johnson repeatedly told Taylor she loved him. Passing sentence, Recorder Richard Christie, KC, blasted her crimes: "The trafficking into the prison and the subsequent use of drugs and mobile telephones in prison undermines the good order and discipline of the establishment, impacts on the health and safety of prisoners, staff and visitors. "It undermines rehabilitation of prisoners and supports ongoing criminality, both within the prison and external to the prison. "You both took drugs into the prison and formed a relationship with the prisoner, Javelle Taylor. He was in prison for serious offences." Prison guard who had baby with lag reveals he is BACK in jail for attacking her The judge said Johnson tried to avoid a search on the day she was caught: "You tried to turn around and go to the laboratory, knowing as you must have done that you were carrying 88 sheets of paper impregnated with spice, a class B drug. "The value of each sheet is said to be £400, thus a huge total of £35,200 worth of those drugs." He added: "Although you say you committed these offences because you were in an intimate relationship with the prisoner, Javelle Taylor, that it is more likely that they were committed for financial gain. "I take the view that it's a bit of both. Both financial gain and because you professed love for him." Johnson, now working as an estate agent in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was described as being in an 'emotionally-dependant' relationship with Taylor. Her barrister, Jimmy Ogunshakin, told the court she was remorseful: "She stands before you today sorry, filled with regret and without excuse. "She had lost her way somewhere along the line. She felt in a male-dominated environment that there wasn't anyone to trust. "It became very difficult for her to get out of it. She found herself trapped. Certainly she lost her way, and for that she is very, very sorry." But Recorder Christie said only jail would suffice: "You were in a relationship. You did supply class B drugs. In my judgement a deterrent sentence is called for in this case." The case comes amid a surge of female prison guards being caught in illicit affairs with inmates. At least 30 have been sacked in the past three years — a huge rise compared to just nine between 2017 and 2019. In January, ex-Wandsworth officer Linda De Sousa Abreu was jailed for 15 months after a video of her having sex with a prisoner surfaced online. Katie Evans, 26, called herself her inmate lover's 'queen' before being jailed for 21 months in March for smuggling drugs and boasting of sex acts with lag Daniel Brownley at HMP Doncaster. Morgan Farr Varney, 24, was caged for ten months in April after being caught slipping into a cupboard with crack dealer Jordan Stones, 30, who pinned racy snaps of her to his cell walls. And Cherrie-Ann Saddington, 29, avoided jail in May after smuggling a syringe to artificially inseminate herself with a sex offender's sperm at HMP The Verne in Dorset. She later miscarried. 5 The 27-year-old exchanged flirty and drug-related texts with the criminal Credit: Midlands Media Agency
The Sun
2 hours ago
- The Sun
Female prison officer who fell for gangster and smuggled £35k of drugs into jail for him is locked up for three years
A LOVESTRUCK prison officer who fell for a convicted gangster and smuggled more than £35,000 worth of drugs into jail for him has been locked up herself. Olivia Johnson, 27, attempted to sneak in 88 sheets of paper soaked with the synthetic drug Spice for dangerous inmate Javelle Taylor while working at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk. 5 5 5 Johnson was jailed for three-and-a-half years after admitting misconduct in a public office, acquiring criminal property and conspiring to take contraband into prison. Ipswich Crown Court heard how the shamed guard had 'compromised herself' with Taylor — a south London crook serving 12 years for firearms offences since 2019. The pair exchanged flirty and drug-related texts, with Johnson allegedly telling him: 'I can't figure out how I will get it through but I will figure it out.' She allegedly went on to promise: 'I'll message you as soon as I'm done at work so you know it's where it needs to be.' Upon her arrest in September 2022, officers found dozens of Spice-stained sheets in her bag worth a staggering £35,200 behind bars. Detectives also uncovered almost £15,000 in suspicious payments from Taylor's contacts into her bank account over nine months. A search of her red Toyota Aygo later revealed a black iPhone 13 filled with intimate messages where Johnson repeatedly told Taylor she loved him. Passing sentence, Recorder Richard Christie, KC, blasted her crimes: "The trafficking into the prison and the subsequent use of drugs and mobile telephones in prison undermines the good order and discipline of the establishment, impacts on the health and safety of prisoners, staff and visitors. "It undermines rehabilitation of prisoners and supports ongoing criminality, both within the prison and external to the prison. "You both took drugs into the prison and formed a relationship with the prisoner, Javelle Taylor. He was in prison for serious offences." The judge said Johnson tried to avoid a search on the day she was caught: "You tried to turn around and go to the laboratory, knowing as you must have done that you were carrying 88 sheets of paper impregnated with spice, a class B drug. "The value of each sheet is said to be £400, thus a huge total of £35,200 worth of those drugs." He added: "Although you say you committed these offences because you were in an intimate relationship with the prisoner, Javelle Taylor, that it is more likely that they were committed for financial gain. "I take the view that it's a bit of both. Both financial gain and because you professed love for him." Johnson, now working as an estate agent in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was described as being in an 'emotionally-dependant' relationship with Taylor. Her barrister, Jimmy Ogunshakin, told the court she was remorseful: "She stands before you today sorry, filled with regret and without excuse. "She had lost her way somewhere along the line. She felt in a male-dominated environment that there wasn't anyone to trust. "It became very difficult for her to get out of it. She found herself trapped. Certainly she lost her way, and for that she is very, very sorry." But Recorder Christie said only jail would suffice: "You were in a relationship. You did supply class B drugs. In my judgement a deterrent sentence is called for in this case." The case comes amid a surge of female prison guards being caught in illicit affairs with inmates. At least 30 have been sacked in the past three years — a huge rise compared to just nine between 2017 and 2019. In January, ex-Wandsworth officer Linda De Sousa Abreu was jailed for 15 months after a video of her having sex with a prisoner surfaced online. Katie Evans, 26, called herself her inmate lover's 'queen' before being jailed for 21 months in March for smuggling drugs and boasting of sex acts with lag Daniel Brownley at HMP Doncaster. Morgan Farr Varney, 24, was caged for ten months in April after being caught slipping into a cupboard with crack dealer Jordan Stones, 30, who pinned racy snaps of her to his cell walls. And Cherrie-Ann Saddington, 29, avoided jail in May after smuggling a syringe to artificially inseminate herself with a sex offender's sperm at HMP The Verne in Dorset. She later miscarried.
Telegraph
3 hours ago
- Telegraph
Female prison officer smuggled £35k of drugs for lover inmate
A female prison officer caught smuggling drugs worth £35,000 into a prison for her inmate lover has been jailed. Olivia Johnson, 27, was found with paper soaked with the synthetic drug spice during a random spot check at HMP Highpoint, in Suffolk, in September 2022. She had agreed to smuggle the drugs into the prison for gangster Javelle Taylor, who was serving a 12-year sentence for firearms offences. On Tuesday, Johnson, from Rotherham, South Yorks, was handed a three-and-a-half year sentence after admitting the offence. Detectives found text messages to Taylor in which she expressed her love for him and uncovered financial records showing payments worth £14,871 from his associates. Sentencing her, Recorder Richard Christie KC said her acts 'strike at the heart of the integrity of the criminal justice system'. 'As the pre-sentence report put it, the trafficking into the prison and the subsequent use of drugs and mobile telephones in prison undermines the good order and discipline of the establishment, impacts on the health and safety of prisoners, staff and visitors,' he said. 'It undermines rehabilitation of prisoners and supports ongoing criminality, both within the prison and external to the prison. These are sentiments with which I wholeheartedly agree. 'You both took drugs into the prison and formed a relationship with the prisoner, Javelle Taylor. He was in prison for serious offences.' Johnson had worked at HMP Highpoint for three years before being caught smuggling drugs in a random spot check when turning up for work on Sept 23 2022. Staff discovered dozens of sheets of paper stained with spice, with a total value of £35,200. 'You tried to turn around and go to the laboratory, knowing as you must have done that you were carrying 88 sheets of paper impregnated with spice, a class-B drug,' said Judge Christie. 'The value of each sheet is said to be £400, thus a huge total of £35,200 worth of those drugs. In the pre-sentence report, the author records that although you say you committed these offences because you were in an intimate relationship with the prisoner, Javelle Taylor, that it is more likely that they were committed for financial gain. 'I take the view that it's a bit of both. Both financial gain and because you professed love for him. You say that you were a people pleaser, or you said that to the promotion officer, and that's why you didn't report the offences.' The court was told that Johnson was in an 'emotionally dependent' relationship with Taylor, and a search of her red Toyota Aygo uncovered a black iPhone 13 in the glovebox, which revealed damning messages between them. The texts included flirtatious and affectionate exchanges, with Johnson telling the inmate 'several times' that she loved him. Other messages clearly referenced drug smuggling operations. In one, Johnson texted: 'I can't figure out how I will get it through but I will figure it out.' She also wrote: 'I'll message you as soon as I'm done at work so you know it's where it needs to be.' Jimmy Ogunshakin, defending, said Johnson was remorseful and had been too scared to speak out. 'This was a young woman aged 22, in her first job and she found herself in a sticky situation,' he said. 'Certainly she lost her way, and for that she is very, very sorry.' The case comes as a record number of female prison guards have been fired for affairs with male inmates, with at least 30 given the sack in the past three years.
Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
Sex racket busted in Jabalpur
Jabalpur: A sex racket operating under the guise of a spa centre was busted by police in the Omti area of Jabalpur on Sunday evening. Acting on a tip-off, police sent an informant to Queen Unisex Salon and Spa Centre near Bloom Chowk. Following a pre-arranged signal, a raid was conducted, and six persons were detained, including the spa operator and three women. CSP Omti Sonu Kurmi said the spa was being run by Shivansh Rajput, 25, a resident of Trimurti Nagar, Krishna Colony, Gohalpur. The spa's licence was found to be expired. During the raid, police found a man and a woman in a compromising position. Three other women aged 20, 23, and 26 were also present at the centre. Police seized two marked Rs 500 notes used by the decoy, a packet of condoms, registers, a PhonePe QR code, Rs 5,000 cash, an iPhone 13, and the spa's licence, which was valid from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. The women told police they were paid Rs 1,000 per client and that Shivansh arranged the
Forbes
3 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Apple's Surprise Free Offer To iPhone 13 Users Is Now Live For iPhones
Updated July 26 with more details of T-Satellite. When Apple made the surprise announcement that its iPhone 13 series was suddenly compatible with carrier-supported satellite connectivity, it was ushering in a new way to stay connected. The first network to support this, T-Mobile, has just gone live with its new T-Satellite service for iPhones and other handsets. And even a temporary outage hasn't stopped the new service from arriving. More on that below. Apple iPhone 13 Pro T-Satellite works by connecting your phone to Starlink satellites (though, please note, it doesn't install Starlink on your phone as rumor-mongers previously claimed). T-Mobile's CEO Mike Sievert said in a post on X, 'Today marks a huge step in @TMobile's mission to end dead zones. T-Satellite is officially out of beta and available to anyone who wants it — including Verizon and AT&T customers,' he exclaimed. That's an important point: subscribers on other networks can sign up to T-Satellite by paying a monthly fee. Note that Verizon and AT&T are expected to offer their own versions of this service, but for now, T-Mobile has first-mover advantage. 'With 650+ satellites in orbit, the largest satellite-to-mobile constellation on the planet aims to connect you almost anywhere you can see the sky. It's already helping save lives during disasters and providing an extra level of safety for those who love to explore the great outdoors,' Sievert goes on. The service is available for compatible handsets, and that includes most current Android phones as well as all iPhones from iPhone 13 onwards. It went live on Wednesday, July 23, right on schedule — though had already been offered to customers impacted by the recent floods in Texas — and the new service has been called a game-changer because, unlike rival satellite options, including Apple's own Globalstar service, it doesn't require users to point their phone at the satellite. It works just like regular cell connections do, even in your pocket. The next day, Thursday, July 24, Starlink experienced an outage for more than two hours, with full service more or less restored by 5 p.m. Pacific the same day. "The outage was due to failure of key internal software services that operate the core network," Starlink's VP of engineering Michael Nicolls said on X. Not much more is known now, though it's believed it affected tens of thousands of people, some of whom could have been T-Satellite users. By Friday, July 26, SpaceX, which runs Starlink, was searching for the root cause of the issue. Users in the U.S. and Europe were affected and Downdetector, the crowd-sourced outage tracker claims that as many as 61,000 people reported issues. It even affected Ukraine, where combat operations saw the service go down. The cause, it was speculated, could have been a botched software update, a cyberattack or some other kind of glitch. If T-Mobile is your carrier and you have the Experience Beyond service, you get this new capability included. Others, including AT&T and Verizon customers, can access the service for $10 per month. The T-Mobile satellite service is limited to texting with iMessage and SMS, and data is not supported, though more capabilities may follow. The T-Satellite service means that if you are outside the regular cellular network, your phone is able to remain connected via satellite, for text messages on compatible iPhones and Android handsets. More services will be added in due course but already other features are available to Android users, including multimedia messaging, picture messaging, and short audio clips. For now, this is the beginning of a new way to stay in touch wherever you are, even if your phone is in your pocket.
