Prison governor had fling with drug dealer inmate, court hears

A prison governor began a relationship with a drug dealer who gave her a £12,000 Mercedes car after she illegally approved his early release on licence from jail, a court heard.
Kerri Pegg, 42, was seen as a “rising star” in the Prison Service, quickly climbing the career ladder from graduate entrant to HMP Kirkham governor in six years, Preston Crown Court heard.
But it is alleged she “didn’t play by the rules” and while governor at the Lancashire prison she began a relationship with inmate Anthony Saunderson, who gave her the car.
When police raided her home in Orrell, Wigan, they found a toothbrush with his DNA on it, jurors heard. Ms Pegg denies two counts of misconduct in a public office.
Barbara-Louise Webster, opening the case for the prosecution, told the jury of seven women and five men: “Despite her success she didn’t play by the rules that everybody else had to follow.

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