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Prison Officer Jailed for 12 Months Over HMP Onley Smuggling Plot

The case underscores how internal corruption feeds contraband markets in prisons.

Overview

  • Tori Muddyman, 31, was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on July 25 after admitting conspiracy to convey drugs and phones into the Northamptonshire jail.
  • She accepted £2,500 from a serving prisoner and admitted collecting a bag at Rugby train station during the 2019 plot.
  • Police searching her garage recovered cannabis, steroids, a phone, SIM cards, chargers, alcohol and tobacco.
  • A search of the inmate’s cell found a mobile phone and fake drinks cans filled with drugs, with bank records linking associates’ payments to Muddyman.
  • The investigation led by EMSOU’s Regional Prisons Intelligence Unit also saw the inmate and two women sentenced, including Rashida Pervez, who received two years and three months in April.