Prison officer filmed having sex with inmate admits another incident on same day
A prison officer filmed having sex with a burglar in his prison cell has been jailed for 15 months after admitting another incident with the same inmate on the same day.
Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, of Fulham, appeared in an explicit video filmed inside HMP Wandsworth prison in south London which went viral online last year.
The prison officer, wearing full uniform, was filmed by another prisoner having sex with Linton Weirich, 36, in June, with what the judge described as “evident enthusiasm”.
She was sentenced on Monday at Isleworth crown court to 15 months in prison, half of which will be served on licence, after admitting three separate sexual encounters with the convicted burglar.
Abreu, an OnlyFans model who also appeared on a Channel 4 television series about swinging, previously pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office.
Sentencing her, Judge Martin Edmunds KC, the Recorder of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, said a fellow prisoner, who was not named, filmed the tryst on an “unauthorised phone” while appearing to smoke cannabis.
“The recording lasts some four-and-a-half minutes,” the judge said. “You participated with evident enthusiasm. The second prisoner recorded events and provided a commentary by way of encouragement, including saying: ‘Guys we made history’, ‘This is how we live at Wandsworth bruv’, and ‘You know you are a gangsta’.”
Judge Edmunds said Abreu had also admitted two other sexual liaisons with Weirich, a convicted burglar, one of which was accidentally recorded on her bodyworn camera.
“One was performing oral sex on the same prisoner on a separate occasion on the same day, an event partly recorded, by accident, on your prison issued body worn camera,” he said.
“The other was a previous occasion of sexual intercourse with the same prisoner.”
He added: “They show that this offence was not isolated. It was part of repeated behaviour. It is not clear when the earliest offence occurred so I shall assume the repetition was within a few days.”
Judge Edmunds said Abreu “knew that conduct was forbidden and forbidden for good reason” and that it had put “fellow officers at increased risk”.
“It is inevitable that the damage for which you were responsible at Wandsworth has spread, to some degree, through the prison estate,” he said.
In a statement earlier read to the court, Andrew Davy, the governor of HMP Wandsworth, said her actions had “undone years” of efforts to increase male prisoners’ respect for female officers.
“It has taken many years for female staff to be respected and treated professionally in a male dominated environment,” he said. “The action of this defendant has undone years of positive and rewarding prisoner interactions in less than a day.”
Rajiv Menon KC, representing Abreu, told the court she accepted “full responsibility” for her actions.
He asked that her sentence be reduced, citing a psychiatric report that found she had a “severe personality disorder” that combined with ADHD made her a “highly impulsive and reckless person who tends to act without considering the consequences”.
“(The doctor) then concludes that Ms Abreu is a highly emotional, damaged individual who over the years has increasingly used sex as a means to feel positive emotions,” he told the court.
“We submit on her behalf that the mental disorder should in all fairness significantly reduce her culpability in this case.”
Abreu was close to tears as Judge Edmunds sentenced her.
“The sentence on you is one of 15 months’ imprisonment,” he said. “Of that you will serve half in custody, unless the prison authorities decide to release you earlier. The remainder you will serve on licence.
“You have been subject to a qualifying curfew for 190 days and that entitles you to a credit of 95 days against that sentence.”
Wandsworth: Ex-prison officer jailed over sex with inmate
A former HMP Wandsworth prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate has been jailed for 15 months.
Linda De Sousa Abreu was identified by senior prison staff after the clip was shared online and quickly went viral.
The governor of Wandsworth said Abreu's actions had taken "less than a day" to undo the many years of work on behalf of female staff in all-male prisons.
Abreu, 30, who was arrested at Heathrow Airport before attempting to board a flight to Madrid with her father, previously pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office.
In a partial written statement to Isleworth Crown Court, Andrew Davy, the governor of Wandsworth, said many female staff at the prison had reported an increase in being "hit on" by inmates and were now "considered fair game".
Abreu and the inmate were filmed in a cell between 26 and 28 June.
The Metropolitan Police said inquiries were ongoing into the two prisoners identified in the video.
The court was also told that a further recording of her performing a sex act with the same inmate was found on her prison-issue body-worn camera - and Abreu had admitted to having sex with that prisoner on an additional occasion.
Judge Martin Edmunds KC said the video that went viral was therefore not isolated and was part of repeated behaviour.
A spokesperson for the Prison Service said: "While the overwhelming majority of Prison Service staff are hardworking and honest, we're catching more of the small minority who break the rules by bolstering our Counter Corruption Unit and strengthening our vetting processes.
"As today's sentencing demonstrates, where officers do fall below our high standards we won't hesitate to take robust action."
The Prison Officers' Association, which represents prison staff, said it acknowledged there were a small number of corrupt staff working in prisons who undermined the work of others.
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