Prison health worker Amy Hatfield arrives at HMP Lindholme on day of arrest as contraband found

Описание: A prison nurse and her inmate lover who "flooded" a jail with drugs are among 16 people sentenced today in what is believed to be the UK's largest-ever prison drugs conspiracy.

Amy Hatfield, 38, who worked as a mental health nursing assistant at HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster, smuggled illicit packages to inmate Joseph Whittingham, with whom she became "infatuated" after they started a sexual relationship in 2018.

On Friday, Hatfield and Whittingham were among 16 defendants - which included other inmates, family members and associates - to be handed sentences totalling more than 80 years at Sheffield Crown Court. A 17th defendant, William Francis, will be sentenced at a later date.

The group were involved in a smuggling network which brought contraband, including drugs, knives and mobile phones, into Doncaster jail between 2018 and 2020.

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