A besotted prison officer who smuggled more than £35,000-worth of synthetic drugs into jail for a convicted gangster she'd fallen in love with has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
Olivia Johnson was caught with over £35,000-worth of the synthetic drug 'spice' during a random search of staff entering HMP Highpoint in Suffolk in September 2022.
Further investigation discovered she was having an intimate relationship with gangster Javelle Taylor, who was serving a 12-year sentence for firearms offences and that she received 11 separate payments totalling £14,871 from Taylor's friends and family.
The 27-year-old from Rotherham broke down in tears as the judge, the Recorder Richard Christie KC, told Johnson that her crimes 'strike at the heart of the integrity of the criminal justice system'.
Passing sentence, He said: 'As the pre-sentence report put it, the trafficking into the prison and the subsequent use of drugs and mobile telephones in prison undermines the good order and discipline of the establishment, impacts on the health and safety of prisoners, staff and visitors.
