Scots prison officer who befriended knife killer jailed for smuggling drugs behind bars
A former prison officer has been jailed for six years and three months after being caught smuggling drugs into one of Scotland's top security jails. Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison, in Lanarkshire, after befriending evil knife killer Zak Malavin.
The prisoner’s cell was searched twice and officers found quantities of cocaine and an iPhone, which on examination was found to contain calls and WhatsApp messages to McKenzie’s own mobile. The court heard that an iPhone can sell for up to £5,000 in prison. The relationship continued, with both the accused and the prisoner holding online conversations over the introduction of drugs and mobile phones to Shotts Prison. Advocate Depute Graeme Jessop said McKenzie provided her postcode and house number in the messages.
Top news stories today David Green, Procurator Fiscal for Homicide and Major Crime, welcomed the sentence and said McKenzie, as a prison officer, had committed a severe breach of trust. He said: “The public rightly must have confidence in prison officers to uphold the law.
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