Woman in court over video of ‘prison officer having sex with inmate’
A prison officer has appeared in court charged with misconduct after allegedly having sex with an inmate in a cell.
Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, of Fulham, south-west London, was charged after a video of the alleged activity was shared on social media.
Appearing in the glass-fronted dock at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court wearing all grey, she spoke only to confirm her name, address and date of birth.
A police investigation was launched on Friday after officers were made aware of a video said to have been filmed inside HMP Wandsworth in south London.
It showed a prison officer in uniform performing a sex act and having sex with a prisoner as her discarded radio crackled with messages.
During the footage, the inmate filming the sex-act joked: ‘This is how we live at Wandsworth.’
Piles of clothes can be seen heaped over a bunk bed inside the cell.
A friend who is smoking while recording says: ‘Guys we’ve made history, this is what I’m telling you.’
An arrest was made later that day and De Sousa Abreu was charged with misconduct in public office on Saturday, police added.
The mother was arrested at Heathrow Airport, the court heard, and was due to catch a flight to Madrid having notified the prison of her travel plans.
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The charge states that De Sousa Abreu ‘wilfully and without reasonable excuse or justification misconducted yourself in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust in the office holder by engaging in a sexual act with a prisoner in a prison cell’.
At one point, someone appears to try to come into the cell, at which the man filming, can be heard saying to the person on the other side of the door ‘give me a minute, one second.’
It is alleged to have happened at Wandsworth between June 26-28.
De Sousa Abreu, who holds a Portuguese passport, was granted conditional bail, and will appear at Isleworth Crown Court on July 29.
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