Overview
- The Southwark Crown Court trial is underway for Isabelle Dale, 23, who denies two counts of misconduct in public office and a conspiracy to convey a List A prohibited article, while co-defendant Lilea Sallis denies conspiracy.
- Prosecutors allege Dale performed a sex act with inmate Shahid Sharif in HMP Coldingley’s multi-faith room as two prisoners acted as lookouts, citing a sexually explicit message found on her phone after the encounter.
- CCTV from a 27 September 2022 visit to HMP Swaleside shows Dale embracing and kissing Sharif, with jurors told she visited him three times, sent images through the email-a-prisoner system, and transferred £100.
- A detective read Dale’s letters recovered from Sharif’s cell, including a pledge to “take a bullet” for him, while police say they also found carbon paper used to conceal contraband, a framed photo of the pair, and an engagement ring in Dale’s possession.
- Jurors heard phone evidence of a sexual relationship with another inmate, Connor Money, plus contacts with other prisoners via illicit mobiles; Sharif is not on trial after an earlier guilty plea to a related drug conspiracy.