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Burglar and Wife Get Suspended and Community Sentences Over HMP Birmingham Smuggling Plot

Judge Dean Kershaw dismissed suggestions that Parker’s pregnancy merited leniency when handing down community sanctions for the 2019 contraband scheme.

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Overview

  • David Bradley admitted conspiring to smuggle steroids, mobile phones and tobacco into HMP Birmingham and received a 24-month prison term suspended for 18 months.
  • Tanya Parker pleaded guilty to conveying prohibited items into the prison and received an 18-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation.
  • Christopher Lawley admitted three counts of conveying prohibited articles and was sentenced to two years and two months in May.
  • Court records show Bradley pressured Parker to source the contraband and used a hidden mobile phone inside the prison to arrange its delivery.
  • Judge Dean Kershaw rejected claims that Parker’s six-week pregnancy justified leniency and criticised her life choices during sentencing.