Three charged with conspiracy to bring prohibited items into Winchester prison

editor@hampshireincidents.co.uk 07/07/2022
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Three people have been charged with conspiracy to bring prohibited items into Winchester prison.

 

They are:

 

Christopher Harman, aged 36, of Pentons Close, Holybourne

 

Liam Currell, aged 31, of no fixed abode

 

Stephanie Burt, aged 30, of Stanley Green Road, Poole, Dorset

 

All three have been charged with conspiracy to bring a list A article into prison, namely steroids and conspiracy to bring a list B article into prison, namely mobile phones.

 

Stephanie Burt has also been charged with failing to comply with a Section 49 notice of the Regulation Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) after failing to give the police the PIN for her mobile phone.

 

The charges comes following a joint investigation between Hampshire Constabulary and HMP Winchester.

 

Harman, Currell and Burt have been remanded on conditional bail and are due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Thuray, 4 August.

 

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