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Dad-of-two Stephen Harris and the following day, the two was employed at HMP East Sutton, Family run business kissed for with 20 seconds as he took TOUCH in Workhouse Road, Sutton 30 years something experience from her hand and Valence, near Maidstone, she moved her hand to his groin Fully insured 0797945253­0 • 01795 681046 when he began having area. romantic trysts with inmate On September 14 the two held www.kentonline.co.uk/

Ella Ward. hands for “longer than 10 Maidstocno­e ntCarcowt-nus/Court minutes” while he was again heard that secret cameras were sitting at his desk and as Ms set up at the female open prison Ward left the office, Harris rVelIaNtYi­o L nsRhEipCO“RbDrushed afteAr DcVomERplT­aIinStI s NGweSreOLm­UaTdeIONHS e : said the her buttocks with his about Harris. involved kissing anCdOcuLdL­dEliCnTg,IONhaSnd”, the prosecutor said. The cameras caught Harris, but there were no sexuWalAin­NteTrE-D The couple then kissed on the 01634 227817 of Farleigh Lane, Maidstone, actions between them. September 15 and 18 and the Õéall or largežAll genres kissing and touching the Mr Kirk said ÅHlaassric­raisl ÌahööadÔoc­çfoÒotìage was passed to police inmate in 2020. worked at HMP EÈausn t ç SÕuoutltÔo­eng, gae wethco arrested him as he left the ThF e AcMouILrtY hAeNarN d OtU he NpCrEisMon­ENwThSich houses 100 iÒnlemÝsa e tßeësn , ðÝfo ßð rÃndp y rëisnon. authoritie­s regarded the mar- 15 years. 07903 02324M6 r Kirk said: “At first he ried oPflfaicer'y s oucroFnadm­uiclyt Anhnaodunc­e“Cmoemntpla­ints were made to denied he had behaved inappropri­ately, undermAdin­vedrtiseco­mnefnidte2­n4ce/7 firnom those your in authority PROPERTY about the claiming people prisoncsot­amffpauntd­er“tuhseiinrg­abKiMlityC­tloassdifi­efeednsdan­t's behaviour and as a had it in for him. behaveoirm­ifpayortui­anlleye”d. to contact cuosnseque­nce observatio­ns “It was only after he saw the But aafbteorua­tdamciltat­isnsgifiae­dchadrgpel­eawserceal­l kept on him,” he footage that he accepted his of misc0o1n6d­u2c2t i7n1a7p7u4­b4li.c office, explained. misconduct, saying the camera the 56-year-old escaped with a “And ultimately a closed-circuit does not lie.” nine-month jail sentence, TV camera was installed in As a result, Harris quit his job whiRchEhCa­RsbUeIeTnM­suEsNpeTnd­AeDdfVoEra­RTIhSisINo­fGfice; which recorded on a and his marriage broke down in year. the aftermath.

!! LANDLORDS !! Prosecutor Oliver Kirk told Judge Shani Barnes said how Harris recruitmen­t@thekmgroup.co.uk had “wilfully misconduc0­t1ed62h2im­7s9e4lf5”0b0y what the prison

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CCTV publicnoti­ces@thekmgroup.co.uk footage, later admitted reproach.”

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‘It was only after he saw the footage that his misconduct, saying the camera does not lie’

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Stephen Harris was a manager at HMP East Sutton when he began having romantic trysts with inmate Ella Ward
Picture: Google SERVICES Index Stephen Harris was a manager at HMP East Sutton when he began having romantic trysts with inmate Ella Ward
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Picture: istock CCTV caught the guard with the inmate

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