She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

<p>Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?</p><p>There was a moment in the summer of 2022 when 26-year-old Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington, a female prison officer in a men’s jail, had to make a choice. She was on her wing at HMP The Verne in Dorset, in the day room where inmates go to read books and newspapers, when a prisoner called Bradley Trengrove handed her a magazine. Concealed within its pages was a slip of paper with a number written on it – the number of his secret, illicit mobile phone. Under the watchful eye of the prison’s security cameras, Austin-Saddington had to decide what to do next.</p><p>“I was thinking, do I report it<em>? </em>Do I <em>not</em> report it?” she says. “I wasn’t thinking, I’ll text him<em> – </em>that wasn’t in my head.<em>” </em>But she did not throw the piece of paper away. She kept it, and in the end decided not to report anything.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/15/prison-officer-convicted-rapist-relationship">Continue reading...</a>