Overview
- Northampton Crown Court jailed Alicia Novas, 20, for three years and gave inmate Declan Winkless, 31, an additional three years and four months to run consecutively to his existing 11 years and three months.
- The offending at HMP Five Wells involved a sexual relationship that had begun by November 16, 2024, nearly 3,000 communications, and Winkless’s use of four illicit phones.
- Both defendants admitted misconduct in public office, conveying cannabis and two mobile phones into the prison, and unauthorised transmission of image or sound from within a prison.
- Novas identified a suspected informant to Winkless on November 23, 2024, a disclosure the judge said put the prisoner at significant risk and undermined investigations.
- Winkless recorded and shared two videos of sexual activity on Snapchat, and prosecutors said Novas continued contacting him after her December 2024 arrest, sending about 400 further messages.