Pete Nichols and Gareth Casella were employed at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in Hammersmith.
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A west London prison boss has denied enabling illegal access to prisoner information.
Married couple Pete and Jessica Nichols, who are both prison bosses from Chertsey, Surrey, have been charged with causing a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to data contrary to the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Pete Nichols, 48, a corruption prevention manager at Wormwood Scrubs Jail in Hammersmith denied 10 counts of the offence at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday. He will face trial on the 9th of September, 2024.
His 41-year-old wife, a governor at young offender institution HMP Feltham, is yet to be arraigned over one charge.
The charges relate to alleged computer checks carried out on prison systems between November and December 2021.
Gareth Casella, 42, from Surrey was also charged in the anti-corruption investigation.
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StandfirstPete Nichols, a corruption manager at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in Hammersmith, denied 10 charges related to the offence.
A west London prison boss has denied enabling illegal access to prisoner information.
Married couple Pete and Jessica Nichols, who are both prison bosses from Chertsey, Surrey, have been charged with causing a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to data contrary to the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Pete Nichols, 48, a corruption prevention manager at Wormwood Scrubs Jail in Hammersmith denied 10 counts of the offence at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday. He will face trial on the 9th of September, 2024.
His 41-year-old wife, a governor at young offender institution HMP Feltham, is yet to be arraigned over one charge.
The charges relate to alleged computer checks carried out on prison systems between November and December 2021.
Gareth Casella, 42, from Surrey was also charged in the anti-corruption investigation.
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