A crooked female prison officer who plotted with an inmate to smuggle illegal drugs and mobile phones into the jail where she worked has been jailed.

Tori Muddyman, 31, was caught after police were tipped off in 2019 she had been sneaking contraband into HMP Onley on the Warwickshire border.

She was arrested after a search of her garage revealed a bag containing cannabis, steroids, a mobile phone, SIM cards, chargers, alcohol and tobacco. 

Muddyman went on to confess she had accepted £2,500 from a serving prisoner to bring the banned items into work with her at the category C jail. 

She admitted picking up a bag from a woman at Rugby train station but claimed she never went through with taking the items into the prison. 

However police found a mobile phone and fake drinks cans filled with drugs during a search inside the inmate's cell. 

Bank records also linked two of the prisoner's associates to payments made to Muddyman.

Muddyman has been smuggling cannabis, phones, alcohol and tobacco into HMP Onley (image via SWNS)

Muddyman, of Nuneaton, went on to admit conspiracy to convey list A articles (drugs) and conspiracy to convey list B articles (phones) into a prison.

She was jailed for 12 months at Worcester Crown Court on July 25 this year.

Detective Inspector Richard Cornell, of East Midlands Special Operations Unit's (EMSOU) Regional Prisons Intelligence Unit (RPIU), led the investigation. 

Speaking afterwards, he said: "Prison officers have a duty and responsibility to maintain the safety and security of their workplace and those residing within it.

"This includes preventing the presence of illegal drugs and prohibited items such as mobile phones and alcohol.

"Tori Muddyman made a series of terrible decisions that undermined that responsibility and, had she carried these items into HMP Onley, would have contributed to ongoing criminality and risk of harm to both inmates and staff.

"This has been a complex and long-running investigation, and I am pleased to see matters conclude with Muddyman receiving a custodial sentence which reflects the seriousness of her actions.

"Our team are dedicated to rooting out criminal activity in prisons, including by those responsible for upholding law and order within their walls."

The prisoner, and two women who made bank payments to her, were also charged with a range of offences.

In 2022, the prisoner involved received a further sentence of three years and four months and a woman who transferred money to Muddyman received a nine-month sentence, suspended for two years.

In April this year, Rashida Pervez, 40, of Birmingham, who met Muddyman at the train station and also transferred her money, was jailed for two years and three months.

She was charged with the same offences as Muddyman and convicted after a trial.