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Kerri Pegg, 42, was seen as a “rising star” of the Prison Service<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A prison governor who began a relationship with a drug-dealing gang boss locked up in the jail she ran has been found guilty of two counts of misconduct in a public office.<\/p>\n

Kerri Pegg, 42, was seen as a “rising star” of the Prison Service, climbing the career ladder from graduate to governor of HMP Kirkham in Lancashire in six years.<\/p>\n

But her trial heard she “didn’t play by the rules” and began a relationship with major Liverpool crime figure Anthony Saunderson, helping him secure day release.<\/p>\n

A jury at Preston Crown Court returned their verdict at the end of a two-week trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The trial heard how, when police raided Pegg’s home in Orrell, Wigan, they found a toothbrush with Saunderson’s DNA on it.<\/p>\n

It also emerged Pegg, who was also found guilty of one count of possession of criminal property, had been given a gift of a \u00a312,000 Mercedes C-class car by Saunderson, which was paid for from the proceeds of 34 kilos of amphetamines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Saunderson had used the name Jesse Pinkman, a meth dealer in the hit TV show Breaking Bad, during his communications with other criminals, the trial heard.<\/p>\n

He also went under the name James Gandolfini, the actor who played Tony Soprano in the mafia TV series.<\/p>\n

Jurors heard Pegg was known to spend a lot of time in her office with the inmate and, in October 2018, he put in a request to be released on temporary licence.<\/p>\n

Though such requests are routine there are specific rules for how they should be dealt with – rules which the governor broke.<\/p>\n

She did not have authority to approve the release, but intervened and approved the application without notifying the official who should have dealt with it, it was found.<\/p>\n

Pegg stood with her head bowed and showed no reaction as the foreman of the jury delivered the verdicts.<\/p>\n

Judge Graham Knowles KC told her she can expect a custodial sentence, adding: “I have no choice but to send you to prison due to the gravity of your offending.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Saunderson had used the name Jesse Pinkman, a meth dealer in the hit TV show Breaking Bad<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The trial heard Saunderson had developed and delivered a programme, titled BADD (Beating Alcohol and Drug Dependency) for inmates at several jails – while at the time being a major drug dealer, running an amphetamines factory.<\/p>\n

Pegg claimed her contact with Saunderson was due to his involvement in the BADD programme.<\/p>\n

But even members of his gang grumbled that their boss was spending too much time with Pegg and away from his wife and “work”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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