Prison guard jailed for sex on camera with inmate at HMP Wandsworth
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A guard at HMP Wandsworth who was filmed having sex with an inmate inside a prison cell has been jailed for 15 months. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 31, had sex with serial burglar Linton Weirich while another inmate who was smoking cannabis filmed the encounter.
Isleworth crown court heard Abreu, who was living in Fulham with her husband, had sex three times with Weirich over the course of a few days at the prison, where she was hired as one of the guards. When footage of one of the encounters went viral online, Abreu ditched her job and attempted to flee the country.
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The court heard Abreu had previously appeared on the OnlyFans site, prior to getting a job at the prison. Judge Martin Edmunds KC, Recorder of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, sentenced a sobbing Abreu to 15 months in prison, saying she was an “enthusiastic participant” in the sexual encounter.
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He said her actions “undermined discipline in the prison and put fellow officers at risk”. “You knew that conduct was forbidden, and forbidden for good reason”, said the judge. “Whether you intended it or not, the fact is the video went viral and caused great harm.”.
The judge set out the “utterly corrosive” impact of Abreu’s actions on HMP Wandsworth, and the wider prison estate. “The presence of female officers in the male prison estate is described as invaluable”, he said. “The consequences of your behaviour becoming known within the prison estate has been female officers being subjected to abuse and harassment from prisoners; female officers have reported being subjected to sexual approaches and reported being seen as ‘fair game’.”.
