Prison staff probe CCTV after killer Mulhall found in cell with worker
PRISON bosses are examining CCTV footage that depicts ‘Scissor Sister’ Charlotte Mulhall entering her cell with a male staff member before the door is locked.
The Irish Daily Mail revealed yesterday how a major internal investigation is under way after a male prison worker was found ‘looking flustered’ inside Mulhall’s locked cell.
The incident unfolded on Sunday evening when the killer, 34, refused to open her cell door at the Dóchas Centre in the Mountjoy complex in Dublin.
Each prisoner has their own cell key but after almost five minutes of their knocks and requests being ignored, staff used a master key to get inside. When prison officers gained entry, the killer was ‘sitting on her bed’ while a male prison staff member was standing beside the bed, reportedly looking flustered.
The Mail understands staff ‘had suspicions’ about the pair.
The staff member is currently in the process of being suspended while an investigation into the incident is under way.
Mountjoy governor Brian Murphy has launched an internal investigation into the matter, which is being taken ‘extremely seriously’.
Prison staff are currently ‘closely examining’ CCTV footage that sources say ‘clearly shows’ the pair entering the convicted murderer’s cell together.
It is now being trawled over as prison bosses prepare to put more questions to Mulhall and the male staff member about why they went to her cell and then failed to open the door after repeated requests.
Mulhall was jailed along with her sister, Linda, in 2006 over the killing of their mother’s partner, Kenyan man Farah Swaleh Noor. After stabbing him as many as 20 times, they butchered his body and dumped it in the Royal Canal. His head has never been found.
Women jailed at the Dóchas are said to enjoy a ‘relaxed regime’.
Each prisoner has a cell key