Prison nurse, 30 ‘had improper relationship with inmate’

Prison nurse, 30 ‘had improper relationship with inmate and smuggled mobile phone top-up card to him behind bars’

  • Ashleigh Naylor, 30, is accused of ‘improper relationship’ with inmate
  • Tryst allegedly happened while she worked as nurse at Holme House Prison
  • Also accused of sending mobile phone top-up cards to inmate Paul Lane
  • She denied the charged and was granted unconditional bail at court today 

A prison nurse has denied having an improper relationship with an inmate after appearing in court today.

Ashleigh Naylor, 30, denied two counts of misconduct and one offence against the Prison Act during a short appearance at Teesside Crown Court.

One misconduct in a public office charge accuses her of engaging in a relationship with prisoner Paul Lane between April 2016 and October last year, while she worked as a nurse at Holme House Prison, Stockton, Teesside.

Naylor is also accused of 'conveying' a top-up for a sim card to Kirkham Prison, in contravention of the Prison Act

Ashleigh Naylor, pictured left and right, has denied having an improper relationship with an inmate while working as a nurse at Holme House Prison in Stockton 

The second misconduct charge accuses her of sending mobile phone top-up cards to Lane when he was at Kirkham Prison and she worked at Holme House.

She is also accused of ‘conveying’ a top-up for a sim card to Kirkham Prison, in contravention of the Prison Act.

Naylor, of Newlands Road, Saltburn, Cleveland, denied the three charges and a two-day trial will be held in November.

She was granted unconditional bail.

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