A prison officer has been given a suspended sentence after striking up a romance with an inmate she became "infatuated" with.
Libby Shankland, 24, exchanged 14,000 phone calls and almost 5,000 text messages over four months with convicted drug dealer Adnan Ali, who used an illicit mobile phone while in jail.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Shankland's relationship with Ali, 23, was discovered when concerns were raised about G4S staff at HM Parc Prison in Bridgend, South Wales, in December last year.
Prosecutor David Pinnell said Shankland, who worked on the B3 wing holding prisoners aged 18-25 where there had been "general unrest", was interviewed by a senior officer when she became upset and broke into floods of tears.
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