A former probation officer has been jailed after CCTV uncovered her secret fling with a convicted assassin when she was caught on digital camera kissing him throughout a jail go to.
Bethany Dent-Reynolds, 27, has been sentenced to eight months behind bars after embarking on an “inappropriate” relationship with prisoner Kieran Robinson.
The pair initially met whereas Dent-Reyonlds was working at HMP Belmarsh in South East London, the place Robinson was serving a 23-year sentence for the deadly stabbing of teenager Donnell Rhule, alongside his cousin Sean Robinson, in July 2020.
Woolwich Crown Courtroom heard that their relationship solely grew to become romantic after she began a brand new function as a probation officer at HMP Brixton, one other jail positioned virtually an hour away.
Robinson messaged Dent-Reynolds first on social media earlier than she visited him a number of instances in jail, The Solar reviews.
The 2 shared numerous sexually express messages and cellphone calls with one another.
She additionally accessed restricted information about his homicide case on a probation pc system and mentioned the findings with him, telling him his co-defendants “all caught it on you”.
Robinson was finally transferred to HMP Lowdham Grange, a facility positioned about 3 hours north of London in Nottinghamshire, the place Dent‑Reynolds continued to go to him, the Liverpool Echo reviews.
Throughout one go to, footage from the Class B jail captured the pair embracing and sharing a kiss earlier than sitting down on adjoining sofas.
Dent‑Reynolds and Robinson had been additionally seen holding arms as they chatted in the course of the go to, even when one other particular person might be seen approaching them.
On the former probation officer’s sentencing final week, prosecutor Sam Willis stated: “In a nutshell, whereas working for His Majesty’s Jail and Probation Service (HMS), the defendant engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a serving prisoner.”
He continued by explaining that the “defendant’s cellular phone was downloaded and examined”, exposing “quite a few WhatsApp messages between the defendant and Kieran Robinson”.
The unlikely pair had been discovered to have exchanged “messages of a sexual nature, photos and a message from Robinson asking her for a ‘favor’,” the Each day Mail reviews.
The prosecutor added: “She informed Robinson ‘everybody had ready statements apart from you,’” earlier than including: “Once I was studying it I used to be like oh my God that is f–king ridiculous. Yeah, makes me offended, but in addition makes me upset offended. I don’t know like, it’s a mixture of feelings, I simply need you out.”
Chantelle Shares, defending Dent-Reynolds, stated her consumer was of earlier “impeccable good character”.
“This isn’t a case the place there was any suggestion of in-person bodily sexual contact between the pair,” she stated.
“For probably the most half they exchanged candy nothings that had minimal impression.”
Messages proven to the court docket, and reported by The Lewisham Letter, present one message Robinson despatched Dent-Reynolds wishing her an “wonderful day.”
The previous jail officer replied: “You too my sweetheart.”
But it surely additionally seems to indicate the pair had bickered over one thing, with Robinson writing he was “sorry” as Dent-Reynolds responded: “It’s forgotten I promise.”
She was handed an eight-month jail sentence over the “inappropriate” relationship.
