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Female prison officer, 40, who 'cut a hole in her uniform trousers to possess sex' with gangster Curtis 'Cocky' Warren during seven-month affair at HMP Frankland is jailed for 2 years

Stephanie Smithwhite, 40, was sentenced to 2 years in custody

The former HMP Frankland officer appeared at Durham Crown Court today

Smithwhite admitted having affair with pusher Curtis 'Cocky' Warren

Court heard how Smithwhite had a tattoo of a rose with name 'Curtis' next thereto

A female prison officer at a top security prison has today been jailed for 2 years after admitting an affair behind bars with notorious criminal Curtis 'Cocky' Warren.

Stephanie Smithwhite, 40, was a politician at HMP Frankland near Durham where the gangster, nicknamed 'Cocky' for his disdain of authority, was serving time.

Appearing before Durham Crown Court today Smithwhite, from Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside, was handed a sentence of two years after the Probation Service completed a report on her misconduct.

The prison officer admitted two counts of misconduct during a position in January, the primary associated with their relationship , said to possess lasted between June and December 2018.

Smithwhite, who is from Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside, was found to possess a tattoo of a rose with the name 'Curtis' next thereto , which she said she had wiped out December 2018

The prison officer is pictured (centre) arriving for sentencing at Durham Crown Court with friends and family

The Zanco Tiny T1 claims to be the world's smallest phone and weighs just 13 grams

Smithwhite allegedly did not report that she knew he had access to a smuggled phone that's little bigger than a £2 coin (pictured)

And the second count associated with her not reporting that she knew he had access to a smuggled phone.

It was understood this small handset was a so-called 'prison phone' little bigger than a £2 coin.

Smithwhite, denied cutting a hole within the trousers of her prison uniform for a sexual purpose, but the sentencing judge said it had been hard to imagine why else it had been there.

The court heard, she 'fell crazy with the incorrect man within the wrong situation' and exchanged many sexually explicit love letters with the infamous drug lord

Source : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7977829/Female-prison-officer-jailed-two-years-bars-affair-gangster-Curtis-Warren.html