{"id":5321,"date":"2025-05-12T21:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/?p=5321"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:36:40","slug":"prison-officer-caught-on-bodycam-filmed-kissing-and-hugging-inmate-avoids-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/prison-officer-caught-on-bodycam-filmed-kissing-and-hugging-inmate-avoids-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison officer caught on bodycam filmed kissing and hugging inmate avoids jail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tracy Boateng had a relationship with an inmate at HMP Pentonville in Islington, London (Picture: PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A senior prison officer has avoided jail after having a fling with an inmate that he thought would be his ‘fairytale ending’.<\/p>\n

Tracy Boateng, 26, had a relationship with Vincent Ojo, 34, at HMP Pentonville, north London<\/a>, between February 25 and April 19 last year.<\/p>\n

She admitted misconduct in a public office in February. Cody-worn camera footage captured interactions between her and Ojo, the court heard. <\/p>\n

Boateng, of Dagenham, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court to 12 months imprisonment suspended for 24 months.<\/p>\n

She will avoid spending time behind bars because of the impact it would have on her three-month-old daughter, the judge said. <\/p>\n

The senior prison officer missed a hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrates\u2019 Court in January because she was giving birth. <\/p>\n

Ojo, 34, was jailed for five years in 2016 after he concealed 25 wraps of cocaine and heroin in his bottom. He has been at Pennington, a category B men’s prison in Islington, since 2020.<\/p>\n

The court was shown texts between Boateng and a fellow prison officer discussing the relationship. <\/p>\n

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Boateng will avoid spending time in jail over fears about the impact it will have on her daughter (Picture: Victoria Jones\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘This guy really believes you are his fairytale ending,’ the guard texted Boateng.<\/p>\n

The pair had taken a selfie together, during which Boateng made a V sign and asked Ojo to ‘say cheese’, footage showed. <\/p>\n

Addressing Boateng, Judge Caroline English said: ‘This offence is so serious that nothing other than a custodial sentence can be justified.<\/p>\n

‘You wholly breached and abused your position by engaging in a highly inappropriate relationship with a prisoner in your charge.<\/p>\n

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