JAIL ALERT FOR BEAR
Star who betrayed ex with sex tape ‘under watch in welfare fear’
DISGRACED reality TV star Stephen Bear is understood to have been moved to an isolation wing for vulnerable prisoners.
Sources say jail staff are “on orders to keep an eye on” the former Celebrity Big Brother winner over concerns for his welfare.
The insider added: “Bear is being treated with kid gloves.”
Bear, 33, was jailed this month for secretly filming an outdoor romp with then-girlfriend Georgia Harrison and uploading the clip online.
It is said to have earned him at least £40,000 on website Onlyfans, where he gave it the tagline, “Can’t wait to see me f ****** in the garden.”
Georgia, 28 – a contestant on 2017’s Love Island – did not know the tape existed until men began telling her they had seen it.
Bear, currently at HMP Chelmsford, Essex, was jailed for 21 months after being convicted of voyeurism and two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.
The Category B jail – used as Slade Prison in TV’S Porridge – has been dogged by self-harm problems and even has a Samaritans service.
The insider said: “There’s always a concern about high-profile prisoners. Everyone in here knows what he’s done and how he fancies himself as a celebrity.”
Bear showed no remorse at his trial, arriving at Chelmsford Crown Court in a chauffeured Rolls-royce, showily dressed, waving a cigar.
On the day he was sentenced he posed for selfies and sang Lady In Red to a reporter.
Georgia, who waived her right to anonymity, told an
ITV documentary this week:
“I’ve had my dignity and my privacy ripped [from] beneath me, I’ve had my life changed for ever.
“I’ve lost self-respect. I feel guilt, I feel ashamed. And he’s just laughing, joking, having the time of his life.”
The Ministry of Justice was approached for comment.
of his firm’s nurseries got enforcement notices since July 2021, and 10 got the worst “inadequate” and “requires improvement” Ofsted scores.
Some 118 have not been inspected for four years or more, while six are yet to be viewed at all.
Mum-of-two Deka Yusuf removed her son from a Bright Horizons nursery after he lost 3kg.
The 37-year-old, from Islington, North London, said: “My son didn’t like the food on offer, but instead of offering him an alternative the staff left him to go hungry for eight hours. Bright Horizons do not care.”
Mr Kramer and his family live in a £3.5million property in Massachusetts, in the US. Pics posted on the tycoon’s wife’s Facebook show the mogul enjoys the finer things in life.
Another boss living in the lap of luxury is Jean-charles Douin, who heads the UK’S biggest nursery chain, Busy Bees, with 379 facilities caring for 32,000 kids.
The group has received 123 concerns and complaints since 2017. One tot with allergies was given the wrong food; another was found with a sterilising tablet in their mouth.
And inspectors noted staff failed to respond to signs of abuse and neglect. Mr
Douin’s property portfolio boasts a £1.5million flat in West London’s posh Notting Hill.
Helen Hayes, Shadow children and early years Minister, said families would be outraged that wealthy overseas shareholders had been raking in huge profits while parents faced soaring costs. She added: “Parents rightly expect quality care for their children, but the Conservatives’ plans deliver the opposite with a cut to staff ratios and nothing to say on the skilled workforce we need.
“Simply increasing the hours entitlement without a plan to increase availability risks driving demand up and quality down.”
A Just Childcare spokesman said: “As an organisation, we are committed to providing quality childcare and we’re working closely with both the existing members of the Just Childcare and All About Children teams as well as recently appointed team members, brought onboard to ensure a higher standard of care across all locations.”
Busy Bees said: “We are committed to continually improving the care we provide across all our centres and work closely with Ofsted to do this.”
Bright Horizons said: “The children’s needs are our priority and we work with parents and families to continually improve our service standards and incorporate new learnings into our training and procedures.”