Prison Officer Jailed Over Affair With Rapist Inmate

Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington, a 29-year-old prison officer at HMP The Verne in Dorset, engaged in a six-month affair with Bradley Trengrove, a convicted rapist and child sex offender. They reportedly had sex up to 40 times while she was on duty, leading to a pregnancy that ended in miscarriage. After Trengrove was transferred, Austin-Saddington visited him under a false name and attempted to inseminate herself with his sperm smuggled in a Calpol syringe. She also provided Trengrove with a mobile phone for covert communication and saved his contact as 'husband to be.' Austin-Saddington pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office and received a suspended sentence due to being wheelchair-bound following a post-crime fall, while Trengrove's sentence was extended by two years and three months. The case exposed prior concerns about Austin-Saddington's professionalism and highlighted major breaches of prison security and officer conduct.