Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Murder lag in sex fling with prison officer
A FEMALE prison officer admitted misconduct after a months-long sexual tryst with a murderer.
Kerrianne Stephens, 26, had a relationship with Louis Tate, 34, in 2018 and 2019 when she worked at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
Stephens, of Aylesford, Kent, admitted misconduct in a judicial or public office at Maidstone crown court yesterday. She denied sending unauthorised transmissions from inside a prison, for which she will be tried next year.
Tate appeared in court and admitted sending unauthorised transmissions – texts and calls.
He is serving a minimum 18 years for murdering Garry Frater, 32, in 2009.
Stephens and Tate will be sentenced later.
A NURSE had a leg amputated to save her life after putting the pain of a tumour down to cramps from long hours on the coronavirus pandemic front line.
Sette Buenaventura, 26, was putting in 12-hour shifts when she noticed a throbbing in her right calf in April.
She shrugged it off until she struggled to walk – and tests then revealed a sarcoma, which within weeks doubled to the size of a golf ball.
Sette, also a part-time model, was devastated to hear the only way to save her was to amputate from the top of her knee.
She said: “I was so upset, I like to look after myself and try to be healthy, I work in healthcare and never expected this to happen. I can’t look in the mirror now and don’t want to as it’s too much to acknowledge that what I’m seeing in the mirror is the new me.
“They told me the only way they could save my life was to remove my leg. I was diagnosed in April and my leg was gone by May. There was just no time to worry about it, I just had to take in what they were saying.”
Sette, from Eccles, Greater Manchester, had a bad cramp for eight weeks before she told staff at Salford Royal Hospital.
She said: “When Covid-19 kicked off we worked flat out, we didn’t have time to worry about aches and pains.
“That is what working in hospitals is like, you forget your own pains because you’re busy helping other people. I work in the stroke ward and usually get muscle cramp in my legs because I’m always on my feet.
“I had the cramp eight weeks and it wasn’t getting better, so I had a scan and was referred to an MRI, where they diagnosed the cancer.”
Sette is now cancer-free and will be fully fit by the end of this month. If her rehabilitation runs smoothly, she will be back saving lives in November.
She added: “I don’t want to be treated differently or taken pity on, I hate people thinking that I need help all the time.
“I tried to go out now and again after and there were just lots of looks and people staring, which was too overwhelming.
“Looking over Instagram and seeing all these models I try not to compare myself. But I can’t help it and knowing it’s a life I can’t get now is difficult.”
Sette now wants to spread awareness to help others.
She said: “It’s important for anyone with a lingering pain to get it checked. If I had caught this sooner, I would probably be in a different position now.
“Although I won’t let this get in the way of my life goals, I feel now it has happened I should at least try to help stop it occurring in other people.”