Prison officer who had sex with HMP Wandsworth inmate jailed for 15 months
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, of Fulham, south-west London, pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in a public office after the video went viral and she was arrested trying to leave the country. The charge says that De Sousa Abreu “wilfully and without reasonable excuse or justification misconducted yourself in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust in the office holder by engaging in a sexual act with a prisoner in a prison cell”. De Sousa Abreu was arrested and pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office, at Isleworth Crown Court, in July last year. Isleworth Crown Court previously heard De Sousa Abreu telephoned the prison as she fled to the airport to say she was not returning to work, and that her husband would return her equipment.