A prison nursing assistant is among 16 individuals prosecuted and jailed for smuggling drugs and other illegal items into a prison. The group conspired to smuggle over £1 million worth of illegal items into HMP Lindholme, Doncaster, including drugs, knives, and mobile phones. The investigation lasted four years and resulted in the criminals being sentenced to a total of more than 80 years in prison.
A prison nursing assistant is one among 16 involved in a group that smuggled drugs and other illegal items into a prison.
On Friday, he was sentenced to a total of seven years and nine months. South Yorkshire Police caught Murphy during a four-year-long investigation into the wave of illicit materials in the prison. The investigation was sparked after Amy Hatfield was arrested and told officers she had "some stuff" on her.
In total, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was previously handed a life sentence after pleading guilty to arranging the murder of teenager Liam Kelly in 2004 and was discovered to be part of the plot to flood HMP Lindholme with millions of pounds worth of contraband.
Amy Hatfield Hatfield, 38, of HMP Newhall, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, conspiracy to supply Class B drugs, conspiracy to convey drugs into prison, conspiracy to convey phones into prison, conveying knives into prison and money laundering. She was sentenced to total of 10 years and two months in prison.
Audrey Needham The 56-year-old, of Comfrey Close, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class B drugs and money laundering. She has today been sentenced to a total of four years and three months in prison.
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