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CCTV Shows Probation Officer Kissing Convicted Murderer During Prison Visit

She received eight months in custody after a misconduct plea supported by prison CCTV alongside WhatsApp records.

Overview

  • Footage from HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire captures Bethany Dent-Reynolds embracing and kissing prisoner Kieran Robinson during a visit.
  • Prosecutors told Woolwich Crown Court she used a colleague's login to access the Delius probation system and view Robinson's case files.
  • A forensic download of her phone uncovered numerous sexually explicit WhatsApp messages and images exchanged with Robinson.
  • A second misconduct charge was abandoned, and a separate computer‑misuse count was ordered to lie on file.
  • Dent-Reynolds first met Robinson at HMP Belmarsh, with reports stating the relationship became romantic after she began a probation role at HMP Brixton.