Croydon Advertiser published ​High Down prison officer jailed four years for encouraging...

A former prison officer has been jailed for four years after he encouraged an inmate to beat up a sex offender in prison.James Cookson, 33, was found guilty at Guildford Crown Court on Monday, June 19 of two counts of willful neglect or misconduct in a public office while working as a prison officer at HMP High Down in Banstead.Cookson, from South Coast Road in Peacehaven, was sentenced yesterday (August 4) but he failed to attend either court date as it emerged he had fled the country with his...

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