Crooked Nuneaton prison guard jailed after plotting with inmate

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Tori Muddyman, 31, was caught after police were tipped off in 2019 she had been sneaking contraband into HMP Onley in Northamptonshire



A corrupt female prison officer who conspired with an inmate to smuggle illicit drugs and mobile phones into the prison where she was employed has been sentenced to jail. Tori Muddyman, 31, was apprehended after police received a tip-off in 2019 that she had been smuggling contraband into HMP Onley in Northamptonshire.

Following a search of her garage, a bag containing cannabis, steroids, a mobile phone, SIM cards, chargers, alcohol and tobacco was discovered.

Muddyman confessed to accepting £2,500 from a serving prisoner to bring the prohibited items into work with her at the category C prison. She admitted to collecting a bag from a woman at Rugby train station but claimed she never followed through with bringing the items into the prison.

However, a mobile phone and counterfeit drinks cans filled with drugs were found during a search inside the inmate's cell.

Bank records also connected two of the prisoner's associates to payments made to Muddyman. Muddyman, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, admitted to conspiracy to convey list A articles (drugs) and conspiracy to convey list B articles (phones) into a prison.

She was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Worcester Crown Court on 25 July this year.

Detective Inspector Richard Cornell, of East Midlands Special Operations Unit's (EMSOU) Regional Prisons Intelligence Unit (RPIU), led the investigation. After the sentencing, he stated: "Prison officers have a duty and responsibility to maintain the safety and security of their workplace and those residing within it.

"This includes preventing the presence of illegal drugs and prohibited items such as mobile phones and alcohol.

"Tori Muddyman made a series of terrible decisions that undermined that responsibility and, had she carried these items into HMP Onley, would have contributed to ongoing criminality and risk of harm to both inmates and staff.

"This has been a complex and long-running investigation, and I am pleased to see matters conclude with Muddyman receiving a custodial sentence which reflects the seriousness of her actions.

"Our team are dedicated to rooting out criminal activity in prisons, including by those responsible for upholding law and order within their walls."

The inmate, along with two women who made bank transfers to her, were also hit with a range of charges.

In 2022, the prisoner at the centre of the case was handed an additional sentence of three years and four months whilst a woman who sent money to Muddyman was given a nine-month sentence, suspended for two years.

In April this year, Rashida Pervez, 40, of Birmingham, who met Muddyman at the railway station and also transferred her money, was locked up for two years and three months.

She faced the same charges as Muddyman and was found guilty following a trial.

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You'd think being from Nuneaton was enough of a clue that she was also a crook?