A prison officer caught kissing a drug dealer inmate who she 'picked' above all others has been spared jail. Disturbing bodyworn camera footage shows Tracy Boateng, 27, lean in multiple times as she makes the inappropriate contact with Vincent Ojo at HMP Pentonville.About the only time her name and 'lean' have probably ever featured in a sentence togather!
Boateng had admitted misconduct in a public office through engaging in an inappropriate relationship with Ojo between February 25 and April 19 last year. At Snaresbrook Crown Court today, the senior prison officer was handed a 12 month sentence, suspended for 24 months. Evidence against Boateng, who is from Dagenham (Ed: !!), included the bodyworn camera footage of the pair kissing and hugging, the court heard.
Yes, Reader, you read that right - she's so dim she elected to do this while wearing a body camera!
Sentencing, Judge Caroline English...
I don't recognise the name, but wonder if she was the woefully progressive female judge that presided over the second trial I served on?
...told her the 'exceptional' feature of the case was her three-month-old daughter and that Boateng had avoided prison because of the impact it could have on the young girl.
Can't help but feel the removal of such a parental influence could only be a good thing for the poor little mite...
‘Judge English continued: 'There is however, an exceptional feature in this case, that is your child […]; for that reason and that reason alone [I am] persuaded to suspend the sentence'.’
ReplyDeleteAssuming Boateng was found out on April 19th last year, I make that just over 13 months between being caught and going on trial - exactly the right amount of time to conceive and produce an extremely convenient three-month-old baby.
Ugh, that's even worse!
DeleteLucy Connolly has a child, yet that, for some reason, made no difference to either her initial sentence or her appeal.
ReplyDeleteTwo-tier justice, tthe thing that's not supposed to exist
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