Cherrie‑Ann Austin‑Saddington, 29, began a sexual relationship with notorious prisoner Bradley Trengrove after he slipped her a note while she was working as a prison guard

An illicit relationship between a convicted rapist and prison guard has sparked alarm for the systemic failings it exposes in the prison service.

Cherrie‑Ann Austin‑Saddington , once a guard at HMP The Verne in Dorset, began an affair with inmate Bradley Trengrove that would shatter her career, lead to criminal conviction and raise serious questions about how boundary violations occur inside Britain’s jails.

In the summer of 2022, while on duty in a men’s prison, Austin‑Saddington, 29, received a seemingly harmless magazine from Trengrove. But tucked between the pages was a scrap of paper bearing the number of hi

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