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Published 14:18 17 Jan 2026 GMT
A former prison officer has been jailed after her own body-worn camera caught her performing a sex act on an inmate at a Suffolk prison.
Per The Sun, Rebecca Pinckard, 46, was working at HMP Highpoint when she was filmed engaging in sexual activity with Erion Nakdi, 42, a convicted drug offender serving a 16-year sentence.
The incident took place inside a supply cupboard on 5 July 2024. The footage wasn’t found until another officer happened to be reviewing her camera for unrelated evidence and came across two separate clips, recorded five minutes apart, showing the act.
Pinckard, who had previously admitted to misconduct in a public office, was sentenced to 32 weeks behind bars during a hearing at Cambridge Crown Court on 16 January 2026.
The court heard that Pinckard’s behaviour wasn’t limited to one incident. She had sent Nakdi a Moonpig card earlier that year, in April, and prosecutors revealed that sexual videos of the inmate were found on her phone. Investigators accepted that the footage had been filmed inside the prison and later shared through social media messaging apps. However, the original device used to record the videos was never recovered, and Pinckard never reported receiving them.
Concerns about her conduct had already been raised months earlier. In October 2023, she was warned by prison officials for being too familiar with inmates. Despite that, the inappropriate relationship continued.
The judge stated that the entire situation only came to light due to an accidental discovery during routine footage checks. He said her actions seriously undermined public trust in the justice system and pointed out that the misconduct had taken place over several months, not just a single incident.
Nakdi, the inmate involved, admitted to possessing an unauthorised mobile phone inside prison. He was handed an additional 10-month sentence to be served after his current term. His legal team described the phone as a shared device and characterised the relationship with Pinckard as being driven by emotional connection rather than coercion or manipulation.
Pinckard’s defence argued that she had recently gone through a difficult personal time after ending a 19-year relationship. Her lawyer described the situation as a moment of poor judgment rather than an ongoing affair. The card she sent to Nakdi was apparently meant to support him during relationship problems of his own, and she had not shared her mobile number with him. She was also said to have handed out cakes and sweets to prisoners in what was described as a misguided attempt to lift their spirits.
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