A man and a woman have both been sentenced to over a year in prison for trying to smuggle drugs into HMP Isle of Wight.
39-year-old sex offender Adam Ward of HMP The Verne, and 50-year-old Nicola Hine, of Lampton Road in Hounslow, were sentenced at Reading Crown Court last Friday (26th May).
It comes after the pair pleaded guilty to conspiring to convey a list ‘A’ prohibited article into prison.
Between November 2019 and July 2020, Ward and Hine conspired to smuggle sheets of spice paper into HMP Isle of Wight where Ward was imprisoned at the time.
Ward was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison back in 2018 following a serious sexual assault at the tail end of 2017. He had previously served time for a drugs offence in 2015.
The court heard that Hine concealed the drug paper within post and fake legal documents, using the postal service to have them delivered into the prison which were intercepted.
Ward and Hine were charged on 10th August 2022 following an investigation by the South East Regional Crime Unit (SEROCU) Prison Intelligence Team.
At Friday’s sentencing hearing in Reading, Ward received a 1-year 8-month sentence, with Hine receiving a 1-year 4-month sentence respectively.
Investigating officer, Detective Constable Robbie Scott, of SERPIT, said:
“This sentencing reflects the hard work and collaboration by the police and prison service.
“It highlights the serious nature of conveying drugs into prisons which have a damaging effect on good order as well as the safety of prisoners and staff.
“SERPIT will continue to pursue those offenders who choose to commit this type of criminality.”
Looks like a wrongun.
Never seen shit stacked that big.Looks Like a
real nasty basterd.Hopefully he’ll Squill like a pig when he gets axxxd rxxxd by all the scum in prison.
Truly the nation was so much nicer without such
Our Grandparents instinctively knew to avoid such and were allowed to freely say so.
The young brainwashed know no better
this is my dad btw so sad reading these and seeing him on here
Big sentence judge??????
The way some people live their lives is just so wrong. A total ‘waster’. Will be in and out of prison for all of his sad life. A sex offender. They should lock him up and throw away the key.
Poor old inmate .Probably only wanted it to spice up his spag Bol or lasagna.Prison food can be very bland at times.
Looks like we can’t comment on some other things on here? What is happening lately? It’s becoming like a borough of London!
Our picturesque, calm island has disappeared, when you live here and read our news. It’s appalling.
We need to up the anti on crime and prevention
Seemed to have so much go wrong here on our Isle, oveners have brought their trash thinking hey the island is easy money
The cops turn a blind eye.
After Neetles murder I lost confidence in the police, just too busy doing not a lot !
You and “batty” know this bloke was in prison, right?
You and “batty” know the people convicted were visiting him, right?
Aside from the fact that the prison is on the Island, this has nothing to do with the Island or Islanders.
This is not island news, because these morons are on our island temporarily serving a prison sentence is not our business what they get up to , but the prison system then send them back to there home town. NOT RELEASE TO OUR COMMUNITY!!!
So where is her mug shot?