A PRISON officer has admitted having an "intimate" relationship with an inmate.
Stephanie Heaps, 30, passed on "sensitive police and prison intelligence and tactics” to Leon – aka Layten – Ramsden.
She also admitted she overlooked criminality while working at HMP Wymott in Lancashire.
Heaps today pleaded guilty to two counts of misconduct in public office when she appeared at Bolton Crown Court.
The former cop also admitted intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an either way offence – namely by speaking to Ramsden on an illegal mobile phone in his possession.
Heaps pleaded guilty to a further charge of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to launder money.
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The charges all took place between March 2018 and July 2020 while Heaps was working as a prison guard and then as a Greater Manchester Police officer.
Ramsden also appeared in court where he admitted conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to launder money, and two counts of possessing a mobile phone in prison.
He denied a charge of supplying cannabis inside prison.
Two other people are due to go on trial next August along with Ramsden after they pleaded not guilty to various offences.
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They are Lee Ramsden, 50, and Clifford McCarthy, 33, who each denied a charge of conspiracy to launder money at an earlier hearing.
Joanne Campbell, 46, previously pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to launder money, also admitted intentionally encouraging/ assisting the commission of an either way offence.
Thomas Barrass, 26, and Philip Markland, 38, both pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit burglary.
They along with Heaps will be sentenced following the conclusion of the trial.
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