Female prison guard is spared jail for having affair with armed robber

A female prison guard who romped in a prison storeroom with an armed robber and later had his baby was spared jail on Tuesday.Mother-of-five Rachel Stanton, 31, admitted to wilful misconduct in public office after she entered a relationship with Edwin Poole while he was serving a 10-and-a-half-year sentence in HMP Five Wells, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.Her romance with Poole was uncovered when prison staff found three intimate photographs and a sexy love letter in the inmate's cell.CCTV footage also caught the pair going into a prison storeroom for an hour of 'intimacy', Northampton Crown Court heard.Stanton was suspended following the discovery of their relationship in July 2022 and Poole was moved to another prison. She continued to visit him and the lovers now have a child together but have since separated.The defendant wept in the dock as she was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months and ordered to take part in 20 days rehabilitation activity. Prison gua...