SelbyPost 17 January 2013. - Global Title

Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Prison
officer
jailed
A senior prison officer from Selby has been jailed for three years after
admitting an intimate relationship with a prison inmate.
Single mum Rebecca King, who served 14 years in the prison service but has
now resigned, also admitted concealing £9,490 cash made by her prisoner lover
David Turnbull via his criminal activity.
Teesside Crown Court heard how King, 33, met Turnbull while working at
HMP Wealston at Wetherby and HMP Everthorpe in Humberside.
She denied entering a relationship with him until he’d been released, which
was accepted by the Crown.
But when Turnbull was later remanded in jail for drug dealing, she kept
contact with him via an illicit mobile phone kept in the cells at HMP Holme
House.
Sentencing King on Friday (January 11), Judge Simon Bourne-Arton QC
rejected a plea for a suspended sentence from defence barrister Christopher Knox
who said King had been 'groomed' by Turnbull.
The judge said, crucially, King had sent top-up codes to Turnbull in prison to
use on his mobile phone - including while she was on bail for her own offences.
Previously, King admitted three charges of misconduct in a public office,
between January 2008 and September this year. She also admitted an allegation
of concealing criminal property in October 2011.
King was of previous good character but the judge said: “The public expects
those in the prison service to carry out their duties properly.
“You broke that trust. Use of mobile phones in prisons is a of great
consequence. They allow career criminals to continue with their criminal
activities. You knew Turnbull was a career criminal.
“In 2008, you started a relationship with him. You should have reported that
to your employers. This continued for over three years.”
He said cash was found in property near Selby used by King which was
derived from crimes committed by Turnbull, who was connected with Class A
drugs.
A pilot freed himself from a light
aircraft after the plane crashed into a
field at Bubwith.
Humberside Fire and Rescue were
called to the incident on Street Lane at
Bubwith, which occurred at 1.40pm on
Saturday, January 12.
The pilot of the single seater plane
was uninjured and managed to free
himself before emergency services
arrived and firefighters later isolated
fuel supplies to make the aircraft safe.
Fire crews used a first aid trauma bag
at the scene, before leaving the pilot in
the hands of the local GP and ambulance
service who carried out precautionary
check-ups.
The plane landed short in a field close
to Breighton Airfield, where it was
originally supposed to land.
A spokesman from Breighton Airfield
said: "This was a privately owned
aircraft which does not belong to the
Real Aeroplane Company, although it was meant to land here at the airfield, but
landed short.
"This is not uncommon when aircrafts are landing and happens quite regularly.
Prison officer Rebecca King (32), from Selby arrives at Teesside Crown
Court to be sentenced for having an improper relationship with an inmate,
convicted drugs baron David Turnbull, and putting credit on a mobile phone
which could be used by the prisoner from behind bars. (17-01-17 SP)
When King was going through the court process herself in May 2012, she
continued to contact Turnbull in prison and texted him top-ups for his mobile
phone.
“There were more than 1,600 contacts between you,” he said.
“You were on bail and continued to facilitate the use of his mobile phone. This
was palpably criminal. I accept you were used by Turnbull, but the relationship
continued too long for you to be blind with love for him. Offences of this kind
have to carry a deterrent.”
Prosecutor Simon Myers said Turnbull had been remanded in prison for
conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. A mobile phone was found at the prison and
numbers on it connected to King.
Defence barrister Knox said King didn’t deliberately support Turnbull’s
criminal activity but got “dragged in after falling hopelessly in love with this
man”.
Detective Sergeant Mick Wilson, of Cleveland Police, praised “outstanding”
investigation by regional organised crime unit detectives to achieve the result
and said it was “sad to see public sector employees involved in corruption. I
hope this is a deterrent for those considering this type of criminality.”
Pilot frees himself from plane crash
The pilot of the Taylor JT1 mono plane landed short of the airfield,
and crashed the aircraft into a field in Bubwith. (17-01-27 GT)
"In this instance, there was no drama and no injuries, and the pilot got himself
out of the aircraft straight away, and was just a bit ruffled I think.
"We do not know why the plane landed short as of yet, but think it could of
potentially being due to engine failure."
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PAGE THREE
Sudden
death
sparked
collision
rumours
An elderly man recently collapsed and
died in a street in Selby.
Emergency services were called out
by concerned passers by who spotted
the man, who had collapsed on Haig
Street in the evening of Monday,
January 7.
North Yorkshire Police released a
statement last week, saying: "Police were
called by the ambulance service to the
sudden death of a man in his seventies
in Haig Street in Selby at around
7.40pm.
"There are no suspicious
circumstances and the police are not
investigating this incident."
A resident who lives close by
witnessed the tragic incident and said:
"At first there were rumours that he had
been hit by a car, because he had
collapsed right at the front of a car, and
when he fell he was almost under the
front of the vehicle.
"I believe paramedics spent over 20
minutes trying to revive him but had no
luck."
A spokesperson from Yorkshire
Ambulance Service said: "We received a
call from a third party at 7.05pm, over
concerns of a male in Haig Street.
"We sent a rapid response vehicle and
a two-manned ambulance which
transported the elderly man to York
District Hospital."
It is believed that the man was
pronounced dead at the scene.
Lucky
escape
from
smash
Firefighters were called to a threevehicle
crash in Eggborough recently
where one driver received treatment
from the ambulance service.
Two appliances from Selby and two
from Humberside Fire Service attended
the incident, which happened on
Thursday, January 10, at around 8.45pm.
Three vehicles had collided on High
Eggborough Lane (close to the A19) but
no one was trapped in their vehicles
when firefighters arrived at the scene.
One casualty was treated by
paramedics and it is believed that no
one was seriously injured as a result of
the crash.
Firefighters made all three vehicles
safe before leaving the incident.