Linda De Sousa Abreu arriving at Isleworth Crown Court in London, in July.Photo:Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty
Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty
A British prison guard who admitted to having sex with an inmate in his cell was sentenced to 15 months in jail.
On Monday, Jan. 6, Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, of Fulham, in southwest London, appeared in Islesworth Crown Court where she learned her fate, theBBCreports.
In July, she pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office, after getting caught having sex with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth in June, according to the BBC.
She admitted to having sex with the same prisoner another time, the BBC reports. The sexual encounter was filmed and shared on social media and went viral.
Linda De Sousa Abreu arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in July.Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty
The other prisoner, who was not identified, filmed the encounter on an “unauthorized phone,” Judge Martin Edmunds KC, the Recorder of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, said, according toThe Telegraph.
Abreu accidentally recorded another incident on her body camera, the judge said, according toThe Telegraph.
The judge also said, “this offense was not isolated. It was part of repeated behavior. It is not clear when the earliest offense occurred so I shall assume the repetition was within a few days.”
When prison officials learned about the video, they launched an investigation.
She was arrested at Heathrow Airport where she was planning to catch a flight to Madrid, the BBC reports.
Davy also wrote how it has taken many years for female staff members to be respected and treated professionally in a male-dominated environment. “The action of this defendant has undone years of positive and rewarding prisoner interactions in less than a day,” he wrote,The Telegraphreports.
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“As today’s sentencing demonstrates, where officers do fall below our high standards we won’t hesitate to take robust action.”
Her attorney, Rajiv Menon KC, said his client accepted “full responsibility” for her actions,The Telegraphreports.
source: people.com
